Editing Hamburg, Pennsylvania (section)

==Transportation==
{{stack|[[File:2022-09-01 09 45 13 View west along Interstate 78 and U.S. Route 22 (William Penn Highway) from the overpass for North Fourth Street in Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania|I-78]]/[[U.S. Route 22|US 22]] westbound in Hamburg]]}}
As of 2015, there were {{convert|24.49|mi}} of public roads in Hamburg, of which {{convert|5.03|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|19.46|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/06408.pdf|title=Hamburg Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>

The [[Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 78]]/[[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22]] freeway passes through the borough, with access from Exit 30 (North 4th Street). It is {{convert|28|mi}} west of [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] and {{convert|54|mi}} east of [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], the state capital. [[Pennsylvania Route 61]] passes through the southern part of the borough, leading south {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]] and north {{convert|18|mi}} to [[Pottsville, Pennsylvania|Pottsville]].

[[Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority]] (BARTA) provides bus service to Hamburg along Route 20, which heads south along PA 61 to the [[BARTA Transportation Center]] in Reading. There is a [[park and ride]] lot at the [[Redner's]] in Hamburg that is served by BARTA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Route 20 schedule|publisher=BARTA|url=http://www.bartabus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Route-20-all.pdf|access-date=February 21, 2017|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222201413/http://www.bartabus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Route-20-all.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Schuylkill Transportation System]] provides bus service to Hamburg along Route 80, which heads north into [[Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Schuylkill County]] to [[Pottsville station|Union Station Intermodal Transit Center]] in Pottsville.<ref>{{cite web|title=Southern Loop 80 bus schedule|publisher=Schuylkill Transportation System|url=https://go-sts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/80-Southern-Loop-Monday-thru-Friday.pdf|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>

Passenger rail service connected Hamburg at one time to Reading and Philadelphia to the east and Pottsville to the west via the [[Main Line (Reading Company)|Philadelphia and Reading main line]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7o8R8osPSA4C&q=hamburg+pottsville+train+station&pg=PP7|title=Philadelphia and Reading Railroad: Passenger Time Table|last1=Bowen|first1=Eli|year=1854}}</ref> Service ended in 1981 when [[SEPTA]] discontinued the [[Pottsville Line]].<ref>{{Williams-Philadelphia|page=47}}</ref> The [[Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad]] provides freight service to Hamburg, with a branch line running south from Hamburg to [[Temple, Pennsylvania|Temple]] and its [[Reading Division]] mainline passing through West Hamburg.<ref>{{cite map|title=Reading & Northern Railroad System Map|publisher=Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad|url=http://www.rbmnrr.com/system-maps/|access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>