Pottstown station

Pottstown
Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center
Colebrookdale Railroad heritage railroad station
PART bus terminal
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Former Pottstown station and Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center in 2020
General information
LocationHigh Street between Hanover and York Streets, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Line(s)
ConnectionsSchuylkill River Trail
Local Transit PART bus lines
Local Transit SEPTA 93 to Norristown
History
ClosedJuly 26, 1981[1]
Services
Preceding station Colebrookdale Railroad Following station
Terminus Secret Valley Line Boyertown
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Birdsboro
Closed 1981
toward Pottsville
Pottsville Line Linfield
Closed 1978
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Stowe
toward Pottsville
Main Line Sanatoga
Terminus Colebrookdale branch Mill Park
toward Barto
Reading Railroad Pottstown Station
Map
Coordinates40°14′41″N 75°39′9″W / 40.24472°N 75.65250°W / 40.24472; -75.65250
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1928
ArchitectDillenbeck, Clark
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.84003514[2]
Added to NRHPJanuary 12, 1984

The Pottstown station, now referred to as the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center,[3] is a bus terminal of the Pottstown Area Rapid Transit system. It is located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.[4]

  1. ^ "Rail Service Marks End of an Era". The News Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "Dialogue" (terminal clock photo with caption). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 19, 2014, p. A23 (subscription required).
  4. ^ "Motor Buses from Reading to Philadelphia." Shenandoah, Pennsylvania: Evening Herald, August 14, 1929, p. 5 (subscription required).