# Phoenixville station

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Former train station in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

This article is about the former Reading Railroad and SEPTA Regional Rail station. For the former Pennsylvania Railroad station, see [Phoenixville station (Pennsylvania Railroad)](/source/Phoenixville_station_(Pennsylvania_Railroad)).

Phoenixville The former station building in 2024 General information Location 4 Bridge Street Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°08′04″N 75°30′35″W / 40.1345°N 75.5098°W / 40.1345; -75.5098 System Former SEPTA regional rail station Line Harrisburg Line Platforms 1 side platform Tracks 2 Construction Accessible No History Opened January 1, 1842[1][2] Closed July 26, 1981[3] Former services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Royersford Closed 1981 toward Pottsville Pottsville Line Valley Forge Closed 1981 toward Reading Terminal Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Mingo toward Pottsville Main Line Perkiomen Junction toward Philadelphia Terminus Pickering Valley Railroad Main Street, Phoenixville toward Byers Location

**Phoenixville station** is a defunct [commuter railroad](/source/Commuter_railroad) [station](/source/Train_station) in the [eponymous](/source/Eponymous) [borough](/source/Borough_(Pennsylvania)) of [Phoenixville](/source/Phoenixville%2C_Pennsylvania), [Chester County, Pennsylvania](/source/Chester_County%2C_Pennsylvania). Located at 4 Bridge Street in Phoenixville, station formerly served trains of [SEPTA Regional Rail](/source/SEPTA_Regional_Rail)'s [Pottsville Line](/source/Pottsville_Line), a [diesel line](/source/SEPTA_diesel_service) between [Reading Terminal](/source/Reading_Terminal) in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania) and [Pottsville station](/source/Pottsville_station) in [Schuylkill County](/source/Schuylkill_County%2C_Pennsylvania). The station consisted of a brick station depot and a singular [side platform](/source/Side_platform). The former depot currently serves as a restaurant and catering venue.[4][5]

Phoenixville station was originally built by the [Reading Railroad](/source/Reading_Railroad), and later served the [SEPTA diesel service](/source/SEPTA_diesel_service) extending from the Norristown section of the [Manayunk/Norristown Line](/source/Manayunk%2FNorristown_Line) to [Pottsville](/source/Pottsville%2C_Pennsylvania). It was taken out of service in 1981, when [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA) discontinued the diesel service. The station was also the terminus of the [Pickering Valley Railroad](/source/Pickering_Valley_Railroad) to [Eagle](/source/Eagle%2C_Pennsylvania).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["A Brief History of Phoenixville"](https://www.hspa-pa.org/HSPA%20-%20A%20Brief%20History%20of%20Phoenixville.pdf) (PDF). *hspa-pa.org*. Historial Society of the Phoenixville Area. p. 2. Retrieved May 22, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1842bear_2-0)** Baer, Christopher T. (June 2015). ["A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1842"](http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1842.pdf) (PDF). [Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society](/source/Pennsylvania_Railroad_Technical_%26_Historical_Society). p. 1. Retrieved May 22, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Rail Service Marks End of an Era"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43604728/septa_quakertown_july_29_1981/). *The News Herald*. [Perkasie, Pennsylvania](/source/Perkasie%2C_Pennsylvania). July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ryan_4-0)** ["Robert Ryan Catering"](http://robertryancatering.com/columbia-station). Retrieved April 30, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wedding_5-0)** ["Wedding Wire: Columbia Station"](https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/columbia-station-phoenixville/846f90caab8f8cb1.html). Retrieved April 30, 2016.

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