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| EXISTING STATIONS | ||||||||
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| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Current Location |
Type | Current Use |
Date Built |
Track Status |
Building Material |
More Info |
| Barto | ![]() |
Mohr Lane off Barto Road | P | Residence | 1871 | Gone | Wood |
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| Bechtelsville | ![]() |
Chestnut Street and Railroad Street | C | Civic | 1912 | Gone | Brick |
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| Birdsboro | ![]() |
Furnace St. and West 1st Street | F | Vacant | 1914 | In Use | Wood | |
| Birdsboro | ![]() |
Furnace St. and West 1st Street | C | Business | 1884 | Gone | Brick | |
| Catasauqua (KEMPTON) |
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Off PA143 at Kistler Valley Road and Creek Rd., Kempton | F | Railroad | ???? | In Use | Wood |
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| Douglassville | ![]() |
Between Rts. 422 & 724 | C | Apartments | 1884 | Gone | Wood | |
| Fleetwood | ![]() |
Richmond Street at Brown's feed mill (PA662) | P | Business | 1924 | In Use | Brick |
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| Fleetwood | ![]() |
South Walnut Street, one block south of Locust Street. | C | Vacant | 1859 | In Use | Wood |
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Frackville (Temple) |
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Tuckerton Road in Temple. | C | Railroad | 1905 | In Use | Wood |
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| Hamburg |
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SR 61 at Station Road | P | Railroad | 1987 | In Use | Wood | |
| Joanna (KEMPTON) |
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Off PA143 at Kistler Valley Road and Creek Rd., Kempton | P | Railroad | 1906 | In Use | Wood |
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| Kutztown |
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106 Railroad Street at Peach Street | C | Vacant | 1869 | In Use | Wood |
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| Lenhartsville | ![]() |
Off Old Route 22 at Maiden Creek. | P | Cottage | 1878 | Gone | Wood | |
| Mertztown | ![]() |
Chestnut Street | C | Storage | 1895 | In Use | Wood |
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| Mohrsville | ![]() |
Mohrsville Road just south of Main Street. | P | Residence | ???? | In Use | ???? |
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| Reading | ![]() |
7th & Chestnut Streets | C | Vacant | 1929 | In Use | Stone |
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| Robesonia |
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213 9th Street, New Cumberland, Cumberland County | P | Business | 1856 | None | Wood |
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| Shoemakersville | ![]() |
379 Main Street | P | Residence | 1884 | In Use | Wood |
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| Shoemakersville | ![]() |
Canal Street, just SE of the passenger station. | F | Apartments | ???? | In Use | Wood | |
| Sinking Spring | ![]() |
In Hertiage park along the north side of the ex-RDG, off Keller Avenue | P | Civic | 1872 | None | Wood |
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| Sinking Spring | ![]() |
In Heritage park along the north side of the ex-RDG, off Keller Avenue | F | Civic | ???? | None | Wood | |
| Topton | ![]() |
Home Avenue, near State Street and East Centre Avenue | P | Business | 1884 | In Use | Brick |
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| Vinemont | ![]() |
Vinemont Road | P | Residence | 1906 | In Use | Stucco |
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| Wernersville | ![]() |
20 East Penn Avenue (Off 422 at Hoover Motors). |
P | Storage | 1926 | In Use | Stone |
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| Wernersville | ![]() |
20 East Penn Avenue (Off 422 at Hoover Motors). |
F | Business | 1856 | In Use | Wood | |
| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
| Berne | ![]() |
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| Birdsboro | ![]() |
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| Blandon | ![]() |
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| Boyertown | ![]() |
Also known as Colebrookdale, this station was built 1868 and was located off Third Street. The station was dismantled in August, 1975. Passenger service ended on the Colebrookdale Branch on January 23, 1933. | ||||||
| Douglassville | ![]() |
Built 1916. | ||||||
| Hamburg | ![]() |
Built in 1887 and torn down in 1977. This station was at Station Street & Main Street. Station was used for the USO in the WWII days. Second photo shows station after a flood in 1906. | ||||||
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The Neversink Mountain was a standard-gauge electric railroad that was closed in 1917. The station was closed by the Reading in 1902. | ||||||
| Leesport | ![]() |
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| Leesport (West Leesport) |
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| Lenhartsville | ![]() |
Freight station. Sat near passenger station in the woods off Old 22. Collapsed into a pile of debris around 2005-2006. | ||||||
| Lyons | ![]() |
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Manatawny (Pine Forge) |
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| Mohrsville | ![]() |
This photo shows only the platform which is gone. The main station building is still standing down the hill. | ||||||
| Moselem | ![]() |
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| Reading | ![]() |
Outer station. | ||||||
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Back of postcard read "Reading station in the eastern part of town. Built on the old Fitzsimmons property." | ||||||
| Temple | ![]() |
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| Trexler | ![]() |
According to "Reading's Victorian Depots" by Edward A. Lewis, Trexler had a 1 story frame depot measuring 30' x 15' built in 1879 and retired as a passenger depot in 1954. I previously had this photo of an existing building posted for Trexler, but it is not the RDG depot. Maybe it was a switch shack or flagstop? | ||||||
| Virginville | ![]() |
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| Wernersville | ![]() |
Predates the stone station that still stands. | ||||||
| West Hamburg | ![]() |
Built 1877. | ||||||
| Womelsdorf | ![]() |
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| 1895 BERKS COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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| Notes About Existing
Stations... 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) - The station was purchased by the Heidelberg Heritage Society in 2003. The Society is actively involved in restoration of the station. |
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