Train Service from Scranton to New York 5/1/06
By: Import User
Updated: January 25, 2007
It`s been in the planning stages for years... passenger rail service from Scranton to New York City.
Senator Arlen Specter is trying to keep those plans on track and this morning... he led a delegation of elected officials into Scranton by train.
Senator Specter says more than $20-million dollars in federal funds has already been set aside for the project.
But $120-milliom more is needed to make the trains roll again.
Sen. Arlen Specter/(R) Pennsylvania
"We`re looking to the year 2025 when some 2800 people will be using the line daily. This is a great boom, interstructure for the future and its something i think we`ve got to move on with speed."
Lackawanna and Monroe Counties have already agreed to combine their rail authorites to help push for the restoration of passenger service.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey are working together as well.
