Franklin Street station (Pennsylvania)

Franklin Street
BARTA bus terminal Former SEPTA regional rail station
Reading Franklin Street Terminal from Chestnut Street entrance
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 / 40.3328802; -75.9242991
Owned by	BARTA
Platforms	2 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	BARTA buses: All at the BARTA Transportation Center
Construction
Structure type	Stone
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Closed	June 30, 1981[1]
Rebuilt	February 8, 1929–February 25, 1930[2][3] 2013
Electrified	No
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Leesport toward Pottsville Pottsville Line Birdsboro toward Reading Terminal Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Reading toward Pottsville Main Line Neversink toward Philadelphia Reading Terminus Wilmington and Northern Branch Lorane toward Wilmington
Location

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.^[4]