Reading Terminal

Reading Terminal
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Location	1115-1141 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Connections	SEPTA at Jefferson Station and 11th Street
Construction
Disabled access	No
Electrified	No
Services
No services   Former services   Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Terminus Chestnut Hill East Line Reading Viaduct Spring Garden Street toward Chestnut Hill East Fox Chase Line Reading Viaduct Spring Garden Street toward Fox Chase Lansdale/Doylestown Line Reading Viaduct Spring Garden Street toward Doylestown Manayunk/Norristown Line Reading Viaduct Spring Garden Street toward Elm Street Warminster Line Reading Viaduct Spring Garden Street toward Warminster West Trenton Line Reading Viaduct Spring Garden Street toward West Trenton Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station Terminus Crusader North Broad toward Communipaw Ninth Street Branch Spring Garden Street toward Fern Rock
Reading Terminal and Trainshed
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Pennsylvania state historical marker
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Location	1115-1141 Market St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′9.41″N 75°9′34″W / 39.9526139°N 75.15944°W / 39.9526139; -75.15944Coordinates: 39°57′9.41″N 75°9′34″W / 39.9526139°N 75.15944°W / 39.9526139; -75.15944
Built	1891-93
Architect	Wilson Brothers & Company (train shed) Francis H. Kimball (headhouse)
NRHP Reference #	72001170
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 30, 1972
Designated NHL	December 8, 1976
Designated PHMC	September 10, 2003

The Reading Terminal (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) is a complex of buildings that includes the former Reading Railroad main station located in the Market East section of Center City in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is composed of the Reading Terminal Headhouse, Trainshed, and Market.

In 1889, the Reading Railroad decided to build a train depot, passenger station, and company headquarters on the corner of 12th and Market Streets. The move came eight years after the Pennsylvania Railroad opened its Broad Street Station several blocks away at 15th and Market Streets, and one year after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened its 24th Street Station at 24th and Chestnut Streets.

The chosen location was occupied by an open-air market that had been in continuous operation since 1853. After loud complaints and much negotiation, the railroad agreed to purchase the markets for $1 million and move them to a new structure: the Reading Terminal Market, located to the rear (north) of the headhouse at 12th and Filbert Streets. This required the trainshed and all of its tracks to be constructed one story above street level, with the Ninth Street Branch to bring trains in and out.