Birdsboro station (Reading Railroad)
Birdsboro | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former SEPTA regional rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Former Birdsboro train station (c. 1875, demolished 1963) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Birdsboro, Pennsylvania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°06′39″N 75°19′18″W / 40.1107°N 75.3216°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Colebrook Railroad Trust | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1981[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birdsboro station is a defunct railroad station in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. The station was originally built by the Reading Railroad, and later served the SEPTA diesel service until SEPTA cancelled the line in 1981.
According to some sources, the Colebrookdale Railroad Trust, a preservation society received a grant from Harrisburg to relocate the train station building to Colebrookdale.[3] The newly relocated train station will be part of a revitalized 40 mile of the Colebrookdale Line between Pottstown, Pennsylvania and Boyertown, Pennsylvania as a heritage railway geared towards tourists.[4]
References
- ^ "Grant to fund relocation of train terminal in Birdsboro". Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Rail Service Marks End of an Era". The News Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grant to fund relocation of train terminal in Birdsboro". Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Colebrookdale Rail Line gets Birdsboro building". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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