Editing Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (section)

== Transportation ==
=== Airports ===
{{Further|Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport}}
[[File:KAVP Terminals.jpg|thumb|[[Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport]] in April 2009]]
Two international airlines fly from the [[Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport]] in nearby [[Pittston Township, Pennsylvania|Pittston Township]]. Smaller, private planes may also use the [[Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport]] in [[Forty Fort, Pennsylvania|Forty Fort]].

===Highways===
[[Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 81]] passes north–south near Wilkes-Barre, and the city is also located near the [[Interstate 476|Northeast Extension]] of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It is also about {{convert|10|mi}} north of [[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 80]]. The [[North Cross Valley Expressway]], starting at the junction of Interstate 81 and [[Pennsylvania Route 115]], carries [[Pennsylvania Route 309]] through northern Wilkes-Barre, connecting the city to [[Dallas, Pennsylvania|Dallas]] in the north. Route 115 provides access from the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]]'s [[Interstate 476|Northeast Extension]], but it does not enter Wilkes-Barre city limits.

===Buses===
[[Public transportation]] is provided by the [[Luzerne County Transportation Authority]]. In addition to servicing the city, it provides transportation for the northern half of the county. It also has a connecting bus to [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]] via an interchange at [[Pittston, Pennsylvania|Pittston]] with the [[County of Lackawanna Transit System|Transit System of Lackawanna County]] (COLTS), the public transit authority of [[Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Lackawanna County]].

[[Martz Trailways]] provides intercity bus service from the Martz Trailways Bus Terminal in downtown Wilkes-Barre to Scranton, [[New York City]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]], and [[Wind Creek Bethlehem]].<ref name=martzschedule>{{cite web|title=Daily Passenger Service Schedules|publisher=Martz Group|url=http://martztrailways.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MartzSchedules717.pdf|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

Several [[Share taxi#United States|jitney]] companies operate from Wilkes-Barre through Stroudsburg to [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] and [[New York City]] via I-80.

===Rail===
The city was at one time served by the [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]], [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]], the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] (later [[Erie Lackawanna Railway]]), [[Delaware and Hudson Railway]], the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]], the [[Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad]], and the [[Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad]] (known as the Laurel Line). CNJ trains included the ''[[Interstate Express]]'' (ending in 1957) and local service to Allentown and Philadelphia. The last Lehigh Valley trains were the ''[[Black Diamond (train)|Black Diamond]]'' (ending in 1959), ''John Wilkes'' and ''[[Maple Leaf (LV train)|Maple Leaf]]'' (the last two, ending in 1961).

The Wilkes-Barre Traction Company formed a [[streetcar]] line from [[Georgetown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Georgetown]] to [[Nanticoke, Pennsylvania|Nanticoke]] and over the river into [[Plymouth, Pennsylvania|Plymouth]] (it ceased operations in the mid-1940s).

The [[Norfolk Southern Railway]], which acquired the former Delaware and Hudson line from successor [[Canadian Pacific Railway]], and the [[Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway]], provide freight service within the city.