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Harrisburg Transportation Center
Harrisburg Transportation Center, Sept 2012.jpg
Location 4th and Chestnut Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Coordinates 40°15′43″N 76°52′40″W / 40.26194°N 76.87778°W / 40.26194; -76.87778
Owned by Amtrak
Line(s) Keystone Corridor (Main Line, Pittsburgh Line)
Platforms 4 island platforms
Tracks 8
Connections Greyhound Lines
Fullington Trailways
Susquehanna Trailways
Capital Area Transit
Rabbit Transit
Construction
Parking Metered
Bicycle facilities Outside racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code HAR
History
Opened 1887
Rebuilt 1905, 1986
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 508,624 Decrease 0.0001%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
Terminus Keystone Service
toward Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanian
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
toward Chicago
Main Line
toward Buffalo
Buffalo – Harrisburg Terminus
toward Erie
Erie – Harrisburg
Williamsport Division
toward Winchester
Winchester – Harrisburg
Terminus Northern Central Railway
toward Baltimore
  Former services  
Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station
Lebanon Valley Branch Terminus
toward Auburn
Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
toward Kansas City
National Limited
National Limited
Harrisburg Central Railroad Station and Trainshed
Harrisburg Transportation Center is located in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Transportation Center
Coordinates 40°15′43″N 76°52′40″W / 40.26194°N 76.87778°W / 40.26194; -76.87778Coordinates: 40°15′43″N 76°52′40″W / 40.26194°N 76.87778°W / 40.26194; -76.87778
Built 1887
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 75001638
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 11, 1975
Designated NHL December 8, 1976

The Harrisburg Transportation Center (formerly Pennsylvania Station, Harrisburg or Harrisburg Central Railroad Station) is a large railway station and transportation hub in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is located on the eastern edge of Downtown Harrisburg between the intersections of Aberdeen and Market Streets and 4th and Chestnut Streets. The well-situated station is the primary hub for passenger rail and intercity bus services in the Harrisburg metropolitan area and South Central Pennsylvania.

The current station is the third on the site. Though technically a union station (meaning it was used by several railways), it was never identified as such in publications such as the Official Guide of the Railroads and Steam Navigation Lines or Pennsylvania Railroad Timetables. The first two stations were shared by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), Reading Railroad, Northern Central Railway (NCR), and the Cumberland Valley Railroad (CVR). The third (and current) station excluded the Reading Railroad, which built its own station in 1856, and the CVR maintained a small depot adjoining the much larger NCR/PRR station. The CVR station was razed sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s. The Reading Railroad discontinued passenger service into Harrisburg in the 1950s and its station was torn down in the early 1960s to make room for a new post office.

The current station was built by PRR in 1887 and significantly rebuilt with its distinctive barn roof in 1905 following a serious fire in 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and is also designated as a National Historic Landmark. The station is one of the few railway stations in the United States that still has a train shed above the tracks. It also has a red brick exterior, unlike many of the still-used U.S. railway stations built slightly later in the early 1900s that have white stone facing, such as 30th Street Station in Philadelphia and Union Station in Washington, D.C.


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