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2 unusual facts about Market East Station


Aramark Tower

Reading was granted development rights for the building along with a large parking complex in exchange for granting the city easements for developing the Market East Station entrance in the ground floor of the adjacent Reading Terminal.

Train shed

Market East Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (while station is located underground, it has above-ground structures for the purpose of sheltering the platforms and trains)


Reading Terminal Market

Those efforts continued after SEPTA Regional Rail trains moved from the train terminal above the market to the new underground Market East Station below it in 1984.


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