The station is pictured here in summer 2022. The Tobyhanna stop, which would have been about five miles from the Mount Pocono stop, has been removed from the Scranton-NYC Amtrak proposal. The FRA will decide which corridors move ahead and begin to receive money for engineering and planning. The study’s release on Wednesday comes as the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority and New Jersey Transit, submits an application to the Federal Railroad Administration’s Corridor Identification and Development Program. Matt Cartwright, whose 8th District covers most of the route within Pennsylvania.
This will significantly reduce traffic along I-80 and I-84, easing congestion and reducing emissions,” said U.S. In addition, one of the stops in Newark, N.J., is a 10-minute cab ride to Newark Airport. “There’s a lot to be excited about when it comes to Amtrak’s latest findings, including the two-hour-and-fifty-minute travel time from Downtown Scranton to Penn Station in Downtown Manhattan. Nearly half a million people could be traveling by train between Scranton and New York City annually by 2030, according to Amtrak’s newly-released study of the proposed route. The Scranton to New York City route is highlighted on this map from Amtrak.
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