Editing Williamsport, Pennsylvania (section)

==Transportation==
{{see also|Transportation in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania}}
[[File:Williamsport pre 1921 postcard2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Williamsport station, c. 1910]]
[[Williamsport Regional Airport]] (IPT), located several miles east of the city in the borough of [[Montoursville, Pennsylvania|Montoursville]], currently lacks commercial flights after [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] exited the market in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2022/10/lycoming-county-to-assist-williamsport-regional-airport-in-returning-commercial-flights/ |title=Lycoming County to assist Williamsport Regional Airport in returning commercial flights |newspaper=Williamsport Sun-Gazette |first=Mike |last=Reuther |date=October 24, 2022 |access-date=2023-01-09 }}</ref> [[Fullington Trailways]] provides daily long distance bus service from a station in the downtown to [[Elmira, New York]], [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], New York City, and [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Daily Bus Departures|publisher=Fullington Tours|url=http://www.fullingtontours.com/pages/daily_bus_departures|access-date=October 21, 2017}}</ref> Local bus service within Williamsport and to other places in Lycoming County is offered by [[River Valley Transit]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ridervt.com/routes/routes.htm |title= River Valley Transit: Bus Routes and Schedules |publisher = River Valley Transit |access-date = 2008-01-29}}</ref>

Williamsport is served by several major highways, including [[Interstate 180 (Pennsylvania)|Interstate 180]], [[U.S. Route 15 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 15]], and [[U.S. Route 220 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 220]].  I-180 and US 220 run together northeast/southwest through Williamsport, and US 15 joins (in the [[Wrong-way concurrency|opposite direction]]) for two miles.<ref>{{cite map|scale=1:65,000 |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/lycoming_GHSN.PDF |format=PDF |title=2007 General Highway Map Lycoming County Pennsylvania |access-date=2008-01-29 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  Once completed, [[Interstate 99]] will enter Williamsport from the southwest on US 220 and continue north on US 15, joining only one at a time.

Until the mid-20th century, Williamsport was a major transfer point between the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] (PRR) and [[Reading Company|Reading Railroad]] to Jersey City, New Jersey and [[Philadelphia]], and on [[New York Central Railroad]] to [[Lyons, New York]] via [[Corning, New York]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reading Railroad, Table 23|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=74 |issue=1 |date=June 1941}}</ref><ref>New York Central Railroad timetable, February 1935, Table 33</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Index of Railroad Stations, p. 1719 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=64 |issue=9 |date=February 1932}}</ref>

The longest enduring trains service was the ''[[Buffalo Day Express]]'' to [[New York City]], [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], [[Washington, D.C.]], and Philadelphia, the ''Dominion Express'' to the north, the ''Washington Express'' and ''Dominion Express'' to the south, and to the ''Northern Express'' to [[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]] and west, and the ''Southern Express'', which reached southern destinations.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pennsylvania Railroad, Table 44|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=99 |issue=7 |date=December 1966}}</ref>

Freight rail service west to [[Avis, Pennsylvania|Avis]] and east to [[Muncy, Pennsylvania|Muncy]] is provided by the [[Lycoming Valley Railroad]], which has its main yard in the Newberry section of Williamsport, and offers connections to the [[Norfolk Southern Railway|Norfolk Southern]] and [[Canadian Pacific Railway|Canadian Pacific]] railroads.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nshr.com/LVRR/lvrr.shtml |title=Lycoming Valley Railroad |publisher=[[North Shore Railroad System]] |access-date=2008-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231070340/http://www.nshr.com/LVRR/lvrr.shtml |archive-date=2007-12-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[West Branch Susquehanna River]] is not navigable, but a dam at Hepburn Street provides a large lake for recreational boating, including outings on the mock paddlewheeler ''Hiawatha'' from [[Susquehanna State Park (Pennsylvania)|Susquehanna State Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ridehiawatha.com/ |title= Hiawatha Paddlewheel Riverboat |publisher = River Valley Transit |access-date = 2008-01-29}}</ref>