Project Update

SRPRA's October 28, 2024 Board Meeting at Reading, PA's historic Franklin Street Station included updates from the Federal Railroad Administration and presentations by Amtrak, Greater Reading Chamber Alliance and City of Reading representatives.

Thomas Frawley, Executive Director of the Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority, discusses the project's status and explains why such efforts often take longer than the public anticipates.

SRPRA Leaders testify before the Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee on the restoration of passenger rail service between Philadelphia and Reading.

In our effort to be informative and transparent to the public, the Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority (SRPRA) intends to offer occasional “state of the project” updates to supplement our ongoing public outreach through social media channels.

The Berks County Department of Community and Economic Development has been awarded a Congressionally Mandated Grant for $750,000 to advance SRPRA's planning for the restoration of passenger rail service between Reading, Philadelphia and beyond.

On June 28, Executive Director Tom Frawley joined Representative Chrissy Houlahan for a panel discussion at the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) meeting in Philadelphia.

Amtrak launched Thruway Connection bus service between Reading and Philadelphia on June 6, 2022, as a precursor to restoration of passenger rail service in the Schuylkill River corridor.

On April 2, Berks County Planning Commission Executive Director David Hunter led a mobile workshop for the American Planning Association's annual meeting in Philadelphia, which included tours of potential station sites in Reading, Pottstown and Phoenixville.