Raritan Valley Line was also the Statue of Liberty. Most of the line follows the main line of the former Central Railroad of New Jersey. Historically, CNJ trains ran on this line, as part of its Lehigh-Susquehanna Division, from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton in eastern Pennsylvania, through Elizabeth and Bayonne to Jersey City. Until 1967 CNJ service terminated at the company's Communipaw Terminal in what is today Liberty State Park. This station, which was also served by Reading Company trains to Philadelphia and B & O service to Washington, D.C. and beyond, had connections by chartered bus or ferry into Manhattan
Reading, Pennsylvania four front-line Medic Ambulances. In 2016, fire units responded to 9,751 incidents. EMS responses totaled 19,058 calls for service. Department staffing is only two firefighters per apparatus. The Reading School District provides elementary and middle schools for the city's children. Numerous Catholic parochial schools are also available. Press reports have indicated that in 2012, about eight percent of Reading's residents have a college degree, compared to a national average of 28%. Four institutions of higher learning are located in Reading: Four high schools serve the city: Reading is known for the Reading Fightin Phils, minor league affiliate of the Philadelphia