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KevinKorell

May 2 2006, 11:38 PM

From Scranton, PA Times-Tribune, 5/2/06:

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Officials: Passenger train around bend

Its development feels like the slowest passenger train in the world, so slow it’s still rolling around on a drawing board after more than a decade of planning.

But the proposed Scranton-to-Hoboken, N.J., passenger railroad will roll a rail ahead later this month when a key planning study is submitted for federal approval, New Jersey Transit Penny Bassett Hackett said Monday.

The rest of this story is here.

KevinKorell

May 2 2006, 11:48 PM

From Pocono Record, 5/2/06:

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Officials: $350M rail plan nearly set

SCRANTON --The new inter-county entity that will guide the Lackawanna Cutoff passenger rail project could be in place by the end of June, according to government officials.

Here's this one.

Sloan

May 3 2006, 12:33 PM

Seven years before start-up?!!!!!

Give me a break!

They could start the service incrementally with a bus bridge from Analomick to Netcong. There will be a strong demand from New Yorkers who own homes in the Poconos and, later, gamblers once casinos get up and running.

Sloan

Sloan

Oct 10 2007, 08:48 AM

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news....15898&rfi=6

KevinKorell

May 31 2008, 08:41 AM

From the somewhere-in-New-Jersey Daily Record, 5/29/08:

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New rail link planned from Roxbury to Andover

The North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority is planning to take a step next week toward redeveloping a 7.3-mile stretch of the Lackawanna Cutoff and, ultimately, extend NJ Transit rail service to a new station in Andover.

Story is here.

CNJRoss

Jun 8 2008, 10:38 AM

The Citizen's Voice, Wilkes Barre, PA, 6/8:

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Preliminary planning of railroad is under way
The proposed passenger railroad between Scranton and Hoboken, N.J., is finally moving down the tracks toward some construction.

Just not here and not exactly soon.

New Jersey Transit, which would operate the train, is planning to build a 7.3-mile, $36.6 million slice of the 88-mile, $551 million project in New Jersey, officials said.

The 7.3-mile section would run from the end of New Jersey Transit’s tracks in Port Morris to Andover, which is still about 80 miles by rail from Scranton.

“It’s significant that after all these years of talking about it, we’re starting construction,” said Larry Malski, chief operating officer of the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority, which is guiding the Pennsylvania end.

Continue.

Sloan

Jun 14 2008, 02:31 PM

http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2008/06...nger/news/6.txt

Sloan

Jun 19 2008, 03:29 PM

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/.../NEWS/806190322

Sloan

Jun 20 2008, 03:19 PM

http://www.rtands.com/breaking_news.shtml#Feature5-6-20

CNJRoss

Jul 6 2008, 09:22 AM

From the NJT Lackawanna Cutoff Project page:

Current Status

NJ TRANSIT's Board of Directors authorized consultant work for conceptual design, completion of the environmental assessment (EA) and preparation of the documentation required by the Federal Transit Administration for new transit lines. The State of New Jersey completed the purchase of the Lackawanna Cutoff property in May 2001. The EA report is available for viewing by clicking here. Public meetings will be held to provide information on the content of the EA. Those meetings will be held from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM as follows:

Thursday, July 10, 2008: Perona Farms
350 Andover-Sparta Road, Andover, New Jersey (973)729-6161

Tuesday, July 15, 2008: Quality Inn
1220 W. Main Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (570)420-1000

Sloan

Jul 12 2008, 06:38 PM

From Pocono Record, 7/12/08:

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N.J. residents view commuter rail plan

ANDOVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New Jersey Transit unveiled the scope of the $551 million Lackawanna Cutoff project at a public information session this week at Perona Farms.

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/.../NEWS/807120327

KevinKorell

Jul 13 2008, 04:42 PM

From Pocono Record, 7/13/08:

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Poconos residents to get a look at commuter rail plans

Can you envision five Monroe County train stations serving nearly 3,000 local passengers on nine daily eastbound and nine westbound journeys between Pennsylvania and New Jersey?

New Jersey Transit can, and the public will have an opportunity in Stroudsburg on Tuesday to hear and react to a $551 million proposal to revive passenger trains between New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania.

Story is here.

Sloan

Jul 16 2008, 09:59 AM

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/.../NEWS/807160319

Sloan

Jul 16 2008, 10:07 AM

Nice picture of the Delaware Water Gap bridge; it would be even better if the bridge had tracks on it!

Sloan

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_1ny...0,1981082.story

Sloan

Jul 16 2008, 10:10 AM

And there's the freight train issue.

http://www.newage-examiner.com/site/news.c...80505&rfi=6

Sloan

Sep 15 2008, 07:54 PM

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/f...mmuter_rai.html

KevinKorell

Sep 19 2008, 04:57 PM

From Newark, NJ Star-Ledger, 9/18/08:

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Federal OK gets rail line rolling

The first phase of a long- planned commuter rail line in northwestern New Jersey has won federal environmental approval, but it still will be many years before any passengers board trains on the Lackawanna Cutoff line, officials said.

The story is here.

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