{"id":119275,"date":"2026-02-20T18:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/119275\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:46:06","slug":"scranton-to-nyc-railroad-restoration-project-opens-door-for-possible-binghamton-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/119275\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton to NYC railroad restoration project opens door for possible Binghamton extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">SCRANTON, Pa. (WBNG) &#8212; As the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation advances plans to restore passenger rail service between Scranton and New York City, Binghamton Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbng.com\/2025\/10\/23\/mayor-jared-kraham-explores-possibility-binghamton-amtrak-station\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wbng.com\/2025\/10\/23\/mayor-jared-kraham-explores-possibility-binghamton-amtrak-station\/\">Jared Kraham says that Binghamton <\/a>might not be far behind. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Scranton to New York City Corridor ID project would re-establish the 140-mile railway with 60 miles in Pennsylvania and 80 miles in New Jersey. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1GLHAUgyfn\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1GLHAUgyfn\/\">statement on Facebook,<\/a> Kraham said that a restored Scranton to NYC line would reestablish the critical infrastructure needed to then extend the line to Binghamton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kraham says that Binghamton officials have been following the Scranton project closely to strengthen the case for expanding service into Upstate New York. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Scranton to New York Penn Station corridor route is made up of four sections:<\/p>\n<p>Scranton, Pa., to Slateford, Pa. Slateford, Pa., to Port Norris, N.J.Port Norris, N.J., to Kearny, N.J.Kearny, N.J. to New York Penn Station<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The proposed corridor would provide three daily round-trips, restoring train traffic in the area for the first time in 50 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WBNG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, Pa. (WBNG) &#8212; As the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation advances plans to restore passenger rail service between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-119275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119275","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=119275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}