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Amtrak officials visit Scranton, Poconos, Jersey for passenger train researchThe Scranton Times-Tribune
Scranton, PA,
August 8, 2023
Cartwright and another major local train advocate, attorney Larry Malski, and state Department of Transportation and Amtrak officials accompanied Bucich and other Amtrak staff on a car ride to key spots in northern New Jersey and Northeast Pennsylvania.
An Amtrak executive and the railroad's technical staff toured potential station locations and other key landmarks Monday on the route of the proposed Scranton-to-New York City passenger train. The Amtrak officials "wanted to eyeball what this route is going to be, so we spent the day with them," said U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, who joined them on the tour. "A lot of us hadn't seen the alignment with our own eyes. You see it on a plan or you see it on an aerial (photograph) and it's not the same," said Nicole Bucich, Amtrak's vice president of network development, while meeting with local media near the Lackawanna Transit Center in downtown Scranton. |