Franklin Street station (Pennsylvania)
Franklin Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BARTA bus terminal Former SEPTA regional rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Franklin Street building front, now a restaurant in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Franklin Street and 7th Street Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°19′58″N 75°55′27″W / 40.3328802°N 75.9242991°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | BARTA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | BARTA buses: All at the BARTA Transportation Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Stone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | February 8, 1929–February 25, 1930 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Franklin Street station is a former railroad and bus station in Reading, Pennsylvania. It currently is owned by Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA) and hosts a brewpub restaurant operated by Saucony Creek Brewing Company.
Built by the Reading Railroad and dedicated on February 25, 1930, Franklin Street Station later served the SEPTA diesel service extending the Manayunk/Norristown Line to Pottsville. It closed when SEPTA cancelled the diesel service in 1981. BARTA acquired the building on December 14, 2005, and converted it into a bus depot in May 2013.