BERKS  COUNTY

Barto (RDG) - End terminus of the Colebrookdale Branch. Station closed 1965.

Bechtelsville (RDG) - Municipal building, on Colebrookdale Branch. Station closed 1965.

Catasauqua (RDG) - Moved to Kempton for the WK&SRR in the mid 1960s.

Fleetwood (RDG) - Here is an old photo of the Fleetwood station.

Fleetwood (P&R) - Was this moved from elsewhere?

Frackville (RDG) - Moved from Frackville (Schuylkill Co.) to Temple in 1984 by the Blue Mtn. & Reading.

Joanna (W&N) - Kempton Passenger Station is the ex-Joanna station of the RDG W&N branch. It was moved in 1963 when the WK&SRR started up the tourist line.

Kutztown (A&A) - Built for the Allentown and Auburn RR by the P&R in 1869. The P&R operated the A&A until 1945 at which time it was merged into the Reading system. The station is currently owned by the borough of Kutztown. At times there are community events held at the station. Recently, East Penn Rail excursions used the station from 1996-99 as the starting and ending station for scenic rides from Kutztown to Topton, a distance of 4.4 miles one way. That operation went belly up in winter of 1999. The actual railroad was recently purchased by the borough of Kutztown from the Commonwealth of PA. East Penn Rail Excursions has been an on again/off again proposition. It operated in the early 2000s, but the last train was July 2005. However The Freight operation is taking off! Just come and see all the gondola cars sitting in front of the station. They are loaded with Scrap Steel for the McConway and Torley Steel Mill in Kutztown. The Borough of Kutztown, which owns the station, has received a $275,825 grant from the Transportation Enhancement Program of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2006 for the express purpose of once again restoring the station to more modern standards The project will start in 2007 and will include heat, water , sewage, installation of handicapped access. The station will retain its original look . -- Submitted by Jim Schlegel, Chairman Kutztown Transportation Authority.

Mertztown (RDG) - Restored. Station was closed by the RR in 1964. The Mertztown station is now owned by Atlas Minerals and Chemicals, which is the industry located adjacent to the station and tracks. It is currently used for storage by Atlas. The "Mertztown" sign was built and painted by an Atlas employee who was also responsible for convincing Atlas to repaint the station into original colors.

Mohrsville (PRR) - There were steps that led from the building to a waiting platfrom up at the tracks.

Reading (RDG) - As of Fall, 2008 the city of Reading (owner of the station) and BARTA (local public transport agency) have compiled around $2,000,000 in grant money to renovate the station.  At this point, they are looking for someone to submit a viable business idea.

Robesonia (Lebanon Valley) - Moved to New Cumberland in 1957.

Shoemakersville (PRR) - There was a section gang shanty to the south of the freight station and the foundation for that could still be seen as of 2010.

Sinking Spring (RDG) - Sinking Spring - Both the passenger and the freight stations originally sat within one hundred yards west of Railroad Street (now called Woodrow Avenue), on the NORTH side of the double tracks of the Lebanon Valley Line of the old Reading Railroad. Both structures were moved in the late 1970s to a section of the Borough Playground (now called Heritage Park) and renovated to their current condition.

Topton (RDG) - Restored! Now used by the Market Cafe.

Vinemont (RDG) - Also served as general store. Closed 1953.

Wernersville (RDG) - I traveled through the area and noticed this Reading station and it looked like it was ready to receive passenger patronage other than being boarded up. It has platform canopies at both ends of the building. It saw its last passengers in 1963 when the Reading's Harrisburg passenger service was discontinued. The tracks are very much in use and used both by Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific. Line was once a part of the Reading Railway System before Conrail. --James Mancuso