Editing Scranton, Pennsylvania (section)

===Railroads===
Rail transportation, in both freight and passenger, were vital to the city's historic growth. The city was a hub, serving the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]] (CNJ), the [[Delaware and Hudson Railway]], the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] (DLW), the [[Erie Railroad]], and the [[Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad]] (LWV), with routes radiating in all directions, to New York state's Southern Tier, to several points in Pennsylvania, and to parts of [[North Jersey]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Index of Railroad Stations, 1480|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=74 |issue=1 |date=June 1941}}</ref> The [[Scranton station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)|CNJ station]] and the [[Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel|DLW station]] were the last to lose passenger service, in the early 1950s and in 1970, respectively.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=87 |issue=7 |date=December 1954}}</ref><ref name="roddy">{{cite news |title= Repeating for All Needing |first=  Michael|last=Roddy |newspaper= Associated Press|date= December 30, 1982}}</ref>

Freight rail remains important in Scranton. The [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] runs freight trains on the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W) line between Scranton and [[Binghamton, New York]], having taken over operations from the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] (Delaware and Hudson Railway division) in 2015. The [[Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad]] serves the former DL&W Keyser Valley branch in the city.

The [[Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad]], as designated operator of county-owned rail lines, oversees the former Delaware and Hudson line from Scranton north to [[Carbondale, Pennsylvania|Carbondale]], the former DL&W line east to the [[Delaware Water Gap]] and the former Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad third-rail [[interurban streetcar]] line south to Montage Mountain, [[Moosic]] and the Minooka Industrial Track. These lines host the seasonal passenger trains of both the [[Steamtown National Historic Site]] and the [[Electric City Trolley Museum]] and are under the jurisdiction of the [[Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority]].

The PNRRA was created by [[Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Lackawanna County]] and [[Monroe County, Pennsylvania|Monroe County]] to oversee the use of common rail freight lines in [[Northeastern Pennsylvania]], including one formerly owned by [[Conrail]] running from Scranton, through the [[Pocono Mountains]] towards [[New Jersey]] and [[New York City]] markets.

One of its primary objectives is to reestablish rail passenger service to [[Hoboken, New Jersey]] and New York City. Regular passenger train service to Scranton is slated to be restored [[Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project|under a plan]] to extend [[NJ Transit]] service from Hoboken via the [[Lackawanna Cut-Off]].  That project is ongoing as rail is being laid down in New Jersey.<ref name="njt">{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project019To|title=Lackawanna Cutoff|publisher=[[New Jersey Transit]]|date=October 2009|access-date=January 2, 2011|archive-date=November 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115102505/http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project019To|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="njarp_2009">{{cite web|title=NJ-ARP Annual Report 2008–2009 |date=November 19, 2009 |url=http://www.nj-arp.org/annrpt_09.pdf |access-date=January 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101043557/http://www.nj-arp.org/annrpt_09.pdf |archive-date=January 1, 2011 }}</ref> The trains would pass the Lackawanna Station building and pull in at [[Scranton (NJT station)|the new Scranton station]] on Lackawanna Avenue along the northernmost track east of Bridge 60, the railroad bridge over the [[Lackawanna River]], and the Cliff Street underpass.<ref>NEW JERSEY – PENNSYLVANIA LACKAWANNA CUT-OFF
PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE RESTORATION PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, [[U.S. Department of Transportation]], [[Federal Transit Administration]] and NEW JERSEY TRANSIT in Cooperation with the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]], June 2008.</ref> In December 2023, the [[Federal Railroad Administration]] granted $500,000 for planning studies into the Scranton to New York City corridor to fulfill step 1 of its [[Corridor Identification and Development Program]].<ref name="PR20231205">{{cite news |work=[[Pocono Record]] |title=Federal Railroad Admin chooses Scranton-NYC Amtrak route to move forward |first=Kathryne |last=Rubright |date=December 5, 2023 |url=https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/local/2023/12/05/scranton-nyc-amtrak-route-gets-500k-move-forward/71813416007/ |access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref>