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Passenger rail service from Scranton to New York City may soon be a realityWBRE
Wilkes-Barre,
July 2, 2021
You may soon be able to ride the rails from northeastern Pennsylvania to the Big Apple. Passenger rail service from Scranton to New York City may become a reality through the “Invest in America Act” which the House passed Friday. It would provide funding for Amtrak to implement major portions of its 2021 “Connect Us” expansion plan. That plan includes adding a Scranton to New York City route with three round trips per day. It would provide a new alternative and opportunities for residents of northeastern Pennsylvania. “The great upside to northeastern Pennsylvania, having that kind of commercial connection between centers of commerce like greater New York City, real estate values would go up. Job prospects would get better. Employers would move into the area. So many good things would flow from that. We can’t not work on this project,” Representative Matt Cartwright said. |