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 Officials announced the Federal Railroad Administration has included Northeastern Pennsylvania in its Corridor Identification list (Corridor ID) to reestablish direct passenger rail service between Scranton and New York.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8) state this is the next critical step to reviving the Scranton-NY Amtrak service.

“This is a big big day for northeastern, Pennsylvania. This is when we’re starting to turn the corner and we’re we’re gonna stop being kind of a backwater. We’re gonna come more into the mainstream of the northeast corridor and there’s gonna be a lot of good paying jobs that our kids can sell in the future,” said State Representative Matt Cartwright (D) 8th District.

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