The Epoch Times A long-awaited passenger rail route connecting New York City to Scranton, Pennsylvania, is on track to be completed in three to five years through funding from the recently passed federal infrastructure bill.
With the bill, Congress gave Amtrak $66 billion, the largest investment in Amtrak since its creation in 1971, according to Bob Hay, chairman of the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority.
Amtrak proposes 39 rail expansions, including the Scranton line, which would have eight stops and make three round trips a day.
It would start at Penn Station in New York, with stops in New Jersey at Newark-Broad, Dover, Morristown, Summit, and Blairstown; then on to Pennsylvania, stopping in East Stroudsburg, Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, and Scranton, according to an Amtrak planning document…
