Birdsboro station (Reading Railroad)

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.

Birdsboro
Reading - Wilmington & Northern station
(1884-1885, demolished 1963)
General information
LocationS. Furnace Street, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates40°15′48.2″N 75°48′29.2″W
Line(s)Wilmington & Northern (Reading)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
ArchitectFrank Furness (attributed)
Levi Focht (likely contractor)
Architectural styleEclectic/Queen Anne
History
Openedc.1870 (W & N depot)
1878 (Reading - Main Line)
1885 (Reading - W & N station)
Closed1949 (Reading - W & N)
1963 (Reading - W & N station demolished)
1981 (Reading - Main Line station)
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Franklin Street
toward Pottsville
 Pottsville Line Pottstown
toward Reading Terminal
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Lorane
toward Pottsville
 Main Line Monocacy
toward Philadelphia
Reading
Terminus
 Wilmington and Northern Branch Joanna
toward Wilmington
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