Birdsboro station (Reading Railroad)

Birdsboro
Reading - Wilmington & Northern station (1884-1885, demolished 1963)
General information
Location	S. Furnace Street, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	40°15′48.2″N 75°48′29.2″W / 40.263389°N 75.808111°W / 40.263389; -75.808111
Line(s)	Wilmington & Northern (Reading)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Architect	Frank Furness (attributed) Levi Focht (likely contractor)
Architectural style	Eclectic/Queen Anne
History
Opened	c.1870 (W & N depot) 1878 (Reading - Main Line) 1885 (Reading - W & N station)
Closed	1949 (Reading - W & N) 1963 (Reading - W & N station demolished) 1981 (Reading - Main Line station)
Electrified	No
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Franklin Street toward Pottsville Pottsville Line Pottstown toward Reading Terminal Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Lorane toward Pottsville Main Line Monocacy toward Philadelphia Reading Terminus Wilmington and Northern Branch Joanna toward Wilmington
Location

The Reading Company used two passenger railway stations in or near Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad built a station (1878, demolished?) on its Main Line in Exeter Township, on the opposite side of the Schuylkill River from Birdsboro. The Wilmington and Northern Railroad established a freight line to Birdsboro in 1870, but it was not until after its merger with the Reading Company that its passenger station (1884–1885, demolished 1963) was built in the borough.