Birdsboro station (Reading Railroad)
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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.
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Location | S. Furnace Street, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°15′48.2″N 75°48′29.2″W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Wilmington & Northern (Reading) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | at-grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Frank Furness (attributed) Levi Focht (likely contractor) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Eclectic/Queen Anne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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