 However, all of the line has been in existence way before its establishment as the rail line was once two rail lines both owned by the Reading Company.Under the Reading Company, the Harrisburg Line as two rail lines were represented as the original commercial form of the Reading Company main line from Reading, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Lebanon Valley Branch from Reading to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.The Reading Company main line was established on July 16, 1838 between Reading and Norristown, Pennsylvania by the Reading Company’s Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road.