Schuylkill Haven station is a former railroad station in

Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania Schuylkill Haven is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough's population was 5,253 as of the 2020 census. Schuylkill Haven is situated along the Schuylkill River, for which it is named. Schuylkill Haven is a focal ...

. It was located at 12 West Main Street, which is currently occupied by the

Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad , sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania. Its headquarters is in Port Clinton. The RBMN provides freight service on of track. Its mainl ...

office building. The station was originally built by the

Reading Railroad 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 call ...

, and later served the

SEPTA diesel service The SEPTA Regional Rail system is a commuter rail network owned by the SEPTA, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and serving the Delaware Valley, Philadelphia Metropolitan area. The system has 13 branches and more than 150 active ...

line that extended from the Norristown section of the

Manayunk/Norristown Line The Manayunk/Norristown Line is a commuter rail service in Southeastern Pennsylvania, and one of the 13 lines in SEPTA's Regional Rail network. It has the fourth highest ridership and the highest operating ratio (58%) on the SEPTA Regional Rail ...

Pottsville, Pennsylvania Pottsville is the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,346 at the 2020 census, and is the principal city of the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along the west bank of th ...

. The station was taken out of service in 1981, when SEPTA cancelled its diesel service.

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Former railway stations in Pennsylvania Former Reading Company stations Former SEPTA Regional Rail stations Railway stations in the United States closed in 1981 {{Pennsylvania-railstation-stub