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Reading City Branch (Abandoned) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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The Reading Railroad's City branch was mainly a freight branch that serviced several Center City businesses and industries. The branch was also an alternative mean for passenger trains to access the Reading Terminal, as well as a connection for the B&O to access points north of Philadelphia, via a connection to the Reading Viaduct.
The tracks were removed by Conrail around 1980 and SEPTA later purchased a segment of the right-of-way, although much of it has now been built over and there are no immediate plans for the branch.
The tracks were removed by Conrail around 1980 and SEPTA later purchased a segment of the right-of-way, although much of it has now been built over and there are no immediate plans for the branch.
railwayabandoned / shut down
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°57'56"N 75°10'18"W
- Reading Co. Port Richmond (Defunct) 4.8 km
- Fairmount Park Trolley (Abandoned) 6.4 km
- North Penn Railroad ROW/Reading North Penn Line to old Berks St. Depot (abandoned) 8.8 km
- Reading Frankford Branch (Abandoned) 10 km
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 14 km
- PRR Cresheim Valley/Fort Washington Branch (Abandoned) 18 km
- PRR Main Line (Northeast Corridor) - Original Alignment 29 km
- PRR Trenton Cutoff (Original Grade) (Abandoned) 30 km
- Norfolk Southern Morrisville Yard 37 km
- Reading Trenton Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 45 km
- Spring Garden 0.2 km
- Fairmount 0.8 km
- Brewerytown 1.6 km
- Powelton Village 2 km
- Mantua 2 km
- North Philadelphia 2.1 km
- University City 2.7 km
- Fairmount Park 3.3 km
- West Philadelphia 5.2 km
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 32 km