All Aboard: Restoring Passenger Rail Service from Reading to Philadelphia
Passenger rail service from Reading to Philadelphia started in the mid-1800s and lasted until 1981. Attempts to restore the service in the past have failed, a new hope has arrived.
READING — The last train to deliver passengers from Philadelphia pulled into the Franklin Street Station at 7:55 p.m. on June 30, 1981.
That was the end of the line for passenger rail service in Reading, the county seat of Berks County. -- More...
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