 The Lebanon Valley Branch was opened by the Lebanon Valley Railroad from Reading to Harrisburg and the line and its railroad were purchased by the Reading Company on March 20, 1858.The Lebanon Valley Railroad built the Lebanon Valley Branch a few months before it got purchased by the Reading Company.The Reading Company's railroad properties along with the Reading Company main line and the Lebanon Valley Branch became part of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) on April 1, 1976 and the Reading Company main line’s Reading to Philadelphia trackage and all of the Lebanon Valley Branch were combined into a new rail line which became known as the Harrisburg Line.