{"id":106267,"date":"2026-02-05T20:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/106267\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:03:07","slug":"virtual-public-meeting-to-be-held-on-feb-19-to-discuss-restoration-of-scranton-to-new-york-rail-lehigh-valley-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/106267\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual public meeting to be held on Feb. 19 to discuss restoration of Scranton to New York rail | Lehigh Valley Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2013 The Shapiro Administration is moving &#8220;full steam ahead&#8221; on the Scranton to New York Penn Station (NYP) passenger rail corridor project.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced on Thursday that the project has reached a critical federal milestone, remaining one of only five rail expansions in the nation to reach &#8220;Step 2&#8221; of the development process, according to the news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PennDOT will host a virtual public meeting on Thursday, February 19, at 4:00 p.m. to share updates and gather feedback on the plan to restore service that has been dormant for over half a century.<\/p>\n<p>To join the webinar, officials say to register in advance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/advancingparail.com\/projects\/scranton-to-new-york-city-corridor-id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">project website<\/a> to receive a meeting invite and webinar link. During the webinar, an overview of the Scranton to New York Rail initiative, a summary of route options, and locations for potential stations will be presented.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proposed 140-mile route aims to link Northeast Pennsylvania, Northwest New Jersey, and New York City, providing a vital alternative to the heavy auto traffic and unpredictable commute times on regional highways, according to the news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plan includes three daily round trips with potential stops in:<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania: Scranton, Mt. Pocono, and East Stroudsburg.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey: Blairstown, Dover, Montclair, Morristown, and Newark.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This project will be transformative for the northeastern region\u2019s economy and mobility,&#8221; said PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll. &#8220;The department continues aggressively improving roads and bridges while investing every possible state and federal dollar into passenger rail services across the Commonwealth.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2013 The Shapiro Administration is moving &#8220;full steam ahead&#8221; on the Scranton to New York Penn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[214,232,433,805,36339,7445,178,180,179,7446,835],"class_list":{"0":"post-106267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-_homepage_top_stories","9":"tag-allentown-area","10":"tag-lehigh-county","11":"tag-lehighvalley","12":"tag-newjersey","13":"tag-poconos-coal","14":"tag-scranton","15":"tag-scranton-headlines","16":"tag-scranton-news","17":"tag-southeastern-pa","18":"tag-western-newjersey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}