Editing Pottstown, Pennsylvania (section)

==Transportation==
{{stack|[[File:2022-10-10 09 41 03 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 100 (Pottstown Pike) just north of Pennsylvania State Route 663 (King Street) in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|right|PA 100 northbound in Pottstown]]}}
As of 2018 there were {{convert|74.33|mi}} of public roads in Pottstown, of which {{convert|12.85|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|61.48|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/46416.pdf|title=Pottstown Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref>

The main east–west street in Pottstown is High Street, which continues east of the borough as [[Ridge Pike]]. The main north–south street in the borough is Hanover Street. The [[U.S. Route 422]] freeway passes to the south of Pottstown and heads east to [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania|King of Prussia]] and [[Philadelphia]] and west to [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 100]] runs north–south through the Pottstown area, heading south to [[West Chester, Pennsylvania|West Chester]] and north to [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 663]] begins at PA 100 in Pottstown and follows King Street east and Charlotte Street northeast before leaving the borough and continuing to [[Pennsburg, Pennsylvania|Pennsburg]] and [[Quakertown, Pennsylvania|Quakertown]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 724]] runs along the south bank of the [[Schuylkill River]] in [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]].<ref name=gm>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps?q=pottstown+pa&hl=en&sll=41.117935,-77.604698&sspn=4.584767,10.821533&t=h&hnear=Pottstown,+Montgomery+County,+Pennsylvania&z=13|title=overview of Pottstown, Pennsylvania|access-date=November 21, 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Pottstown station 2020.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center]], located at the former Pottstown station, is the main hub for all [[Pottstown Area Rapid Transit]] buses.]]
Local bus service in the Pottstown area is owned, funded, and administered by the Borough of Pottstown and operated by [[Pottstown Area Rapid Transit]] (PART). PART operates five routes Monday through Saturday out of the [[Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center]] in downtown Pottstown along with a [[paratransit]] service for disabled people.<ref name="ride guide">{{cite web|url=http://pottstownarearapidtransit.com/downloads/PART_RideGuide_2016.pdf|title=Ride Guide|publisher=Pottstown Area Rapid Transit|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref> [[SEPTA]]'s [[SEPTA Route 93|Route 93]] bus connects Pottstown with the [[Norristown Transportation Center]] in [[Norristown, Pennsylvania|Norristown]].<ref name=septamap>{{cite map|title=SEPTA Official Transit & Street Map Suburban|publisher=SEPTA|url=http://www.septa.org/maps/region/pdf/suburb.pdf|access-date=May 2, 2016}}</ref> [[Amtrak Thruway]] bus service operated by [[Krapf Coaches]] connects Pottstown with the [[BARTA Transportation Center]] in Reading and [[30th Street Station]] in Philadelphia; the bus stops on Hanover Street near the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amtrak launches bus service from Philadelphia to Reading, Pottstown|publisher=WFMZ-TV|location=Allentown, PA|date=June 3, 2022|url=https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/amtrak-launches-bus-service-from-philadelphia-to-reading-pottstown/article_a3b3bf9c-e35c-11ec-a517-876a2e93a7f4.html|accessdate=June 3, 2022}}</ref>

Pottstown is serviced by [[Pottstown Municipal Airport]], a [[general aviation]] airport, and a short distance from Pottstown is [[Heritage Field Airport]] located in [[Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Limerick]].

Passenger train service between Reading/Pottstown and Philadelphia was operated by [[Consolidated Rail Corporation|Conrail]] under the auspices of [[SEPTA]] until July 29, 1981, when all [[Railway electrification system#Overhead systems|non-electrified]] routes were terminated. Efforts to reinstitute commuter trains, such as the [[Schuylkill Valley Metro]], have so far been unsuccessful. The station still exists and is currently home to a district justice office. [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] provides freight rail service to Pottstown along the [[Harrisburg Line]]. The [[Colebrookdale Railroad]] is a [[heritage railway]] running from Pottstown to [[Boyertown, Pennsylvania|Boyertown]].