{{Short description|Former train station in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania}} {{About|the former Reading Railroad and SEPTA Regional Rail station|the former Pennsylvania Railroad station|Phoenixville station (Pennsylvania Railroad)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox station | name = Phoenixville | style = SEPTA | style2 = SEPTA Former | type = Former [[SEPTA]] [[regional rail]] station | image = West side of Reading station in Phoenixville.jpg | caption = The former station building in 2024 | alt = Single-story brick building with tower in the center | address = 4 Bridge Street<br>[[Phoenixville, Pennsylvania]] | coordinates = {{coord|40.1345|N|75.5098|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA}} | line = [[Harrisburg Line]] | other = | structure = | platform = 1 [[side platform]] | depth = | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = | bicycle = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | opened = January 1, 1842<ref>{{cite web |title=A Brief History of Phoenixville |url=https://www.hspa-pa.org/HSPA%20-%20A%20Brief%20History%20of%20Phoenixville.pdf |website=hspa-pa.org |publisher=Historial Society of the Phoenixville Area |access-date=May 22, 2026 |page=2}}</ref><ref name="1842bear">{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1842.pdf |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1842 |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society]] |date=June 2015 |accessdate=May 22, 2026 |page=1}}</ref> | closed = July 26, 1981<ref>{{cite news |title=Rail Service Marks End of an Era |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43604728/septa_quakertown_july_29_1981/ |accessdate=February 4, 2020 |work=The News Herald |date=July 29, 1981 |location=[[Perkasie, Pennsylvania]] |page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> | rebuilt = | electrified = No | accessible = No | code = | owned = | zone = | former = | other_services_header = Former services | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=SEPTA |line1=Pottsville|left1=Royersford|right1=Valley Forge|note-left1=Closed 1981|note-right1=Closed 1981 |system2=Reading Company |line2=Main Line|left2=Mingo|right2=Perkiomen Junction |line3=Pickering Valley Railroad|right3=Main Street, Phoenixville }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|SEPTA|Pottsville}} | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Phoenixville station''' is a defunct [[commuter railroad]] [[train station|station]] in the [[eponymous]] [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] of [[Phoenixville, Pennsylvania|Phoenixville]], [[Chester County, Pennsylvania]]. Located at 4 Bridge Street in Phoenixville, station formerly served trains of [[SEPTA Regional Rail]]'s [[Pottsville Line]], a [[SEPTA diesel service|diesel line]] between [[Reading Terminal]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] and [[Pottsville station]] in [[Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Schuylkill County]]. The station consisted of a brick station depot and a singular [[side platform]]. The former depot currently serves as a restaurant and catering venue.<ref name=ryan>{{cite web |url=http://robertryancatering.com/columbia-station |title=Robert Ryan Catering |accessdate=April 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name=wedding>{{cite web |url=http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/columbia-station-phoenixville/846f90caab8f8cb1.html |title=Wedding Wire: Columbia Station |accessdate=April 30, 2016}}</ref>
Phoenixville station was originally built by the [[Reading Railroad]], and later served the [[SEPTA diesel service]] extending from the Norristown section of the [[Manayunk/Norristown Line]] to [[Pottsville, Pennsylvania|Pottsville]]. It was taken out of service in 1981, when [[SEPTA]] discontinued the diesel service. The station was also the terminus of the [[Pickering Valley Railroad]] to [[Eagle, Pennsylvania|Eagle]].
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{{SEPTA Regional Rail stations}}
[[Category:Former SEPTA Regional Rail stations]] [[Category:Former Reading Company stations]] [[Category:Former railway stations in Chester County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1981]] [[Category:1981 disestablishments in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1842]] [[Category:1842 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
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