Reading Depot, commonly referred to as Reading outer station, was a train station in

Reading, Pennsylvania Reading ( ; Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Reddin'') is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 95,112 as of the 2020 census and is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania after Phila ...

, that served as a major hub between

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and

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. Built in 1874, the station closed on March 16, 1969; this was following the discontinuance of the last medium distance route to pass through the city, the

Reading Railway The Reading Company ( ) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and commercial rail transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states that operated from 1924 until its 1976 acquisition by Conrail. Commonly calle ...

's ''

Queen of the Valley The ''Queen of the Valley'' was a named train of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) that ran between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, via the Lehigh Valley and Reading. The train took about 4 hours to traverse the ...

'' (

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–

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). It was destroyed by fire on February 20, 1978. The station was one of two in Reading, the other being Franklin Street station.

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* * Former Reading Company stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1874 Railway stations closed in 1969 Former railway stations in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-railstation-stub Transportation buildings and structures in Berks County, Pennsylvania