Reading Company commuter service

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Reading Company commuter service was the network of suburban passenger rail operations once run by the Reading Company in the Philadelphia region before being succeeded by lines such as the West Trenton Line.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commuter rail service
abbreviation Reading commuter service
connectedTo Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia city center

Reading Terminal complex
surface form: Reading Terminal
country United States of America
surface form: United States
electrification overhead catenary (on electrified portions)
fareSystem commuter zone fares
historicalRole provided suburban rail access to Philadelphia
locatedIn Philadelphia metropolitan area
modeOfTransport rail
networkType suburban rail network
notableLine Chestnut Hill East Line
surface form: Chestnut Hill East commuter route

Cynwyd commuter route
Doylestown commuter route
Fox Chase commuter route
Lansdale commuter route
Norristown commuter route
Warminster commuter route
West Trenton commuter route
operator Reading Company
owner Reading Company
peakService rush-hour oriented
predecessor Reading Company intercity passenger service
primaryTerminal Reading Terminal complex
surface form: Reading Terminal
railGauge standard gauge
railNetwork Reading Company network
railroad Reading Company
regionServed parts of Delaware
parts of New Jersey
southeastern Pennsylvania
replacedBy publicly funded regional rail operations
servedCity Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
serviceType commuter rail
suburban passenger rail
status defunct
successor Chestnut Hill East Line
Cynwyd Line
Fox Chase Line
Lansdale/Doylestown Line
Manayunk/Norristown Line
SEPTA Regional Rail
Warminster Line
West Trenton Line
successorOperator Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
transportationSector passenger rail transport
usedRollingStock diesel-hauled passenger coaches
electric multiple units

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West Trenton Line predecessor Reading Company commuter service
Reading Railroad lines north of Philadelphia partOf Reading Company commuter service
this entity surface form: Reading Company commuter rail network
West Trenton station formerRailService Reading Company commuter service
this entity surface form: Reading Company passenger trains
SEPTA West Trenton Line historicalPredecessor Reading Company commuter service
this entity surface form: Reading Company West Trenton Branch
New Hope Branch partOf Reading Company commuter service
this entity surface form: Reading Company network