Scranton is the proposed terminus for New Jersey Transit

New Jersey Transit

The New Jersey Transit Corporation is a statewide public transportation system serving the United States state of New Jersey, and New York, Orange, and Rockland counties in New York State...

 (NJ Transit) passenger rail service from New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 and Hoboken, New Jersey

Hoboken, New Jersey

Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 50,005. The city is part of the New York metropolitan area and contains Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub for the region...

, via the Lackawanna Cut-Off to Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...

. Currently, NJ Transit provides rail service to Port Morris, New Jersey

Port Morris, New Jersey

Port Morris is a historic community in Roxbury Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Despite its name, Port Morris is in the hills of the Skylands Region, on the shores of Lake Musconetcong....

 via the Lake Hopatcong station

Lake Hopatcong (NJT station)

Lake Hopatcong Station is a New Jersey Transit station in the Landing section of Roxbury Township, New Jersey. It is named for the nearby Lake Hopatcong. The station is located at the intersection of Landing Road and Lakeside Boulevard...

. The proposal is to extend this service to Andover, New Jersey

Andover, New Jersey

Andover is a Borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 606.Andover was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 25, 1904, from portions of Andover Township.-Geography:Andover is located at ...

 in Phase I; to Blairstown, New Jersey or Analomink, Pennsylvania

Analomink, Pennsylvania

Analomink is a section of Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.- Transportation :The Analomink Station is a proposed station stop for railroad service between New York City, New Jersey, , the Poconos, including Scranton, PA and East Stroudsburg, PA...

 in Phase II; and to Scranton in Phase III. Depending on funding, these phases might be consecutive or concurrent.

The Scranton terminus will be a regional station near Steamtown

Steamtown National Historic Site

Steamtown National Historic Site is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located on in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the site of the former Scranton yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad . The museum is built around a working replica turntable and a roundhouse that is...

. A new station would be built on Lackawanna Avenue along the northernmost track east of Bridge 60 (the railroad bridge over the Lackawanna River

Lackawanna River

The Lackawanna River is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It flows through a region of the northern Pocono Mountains that was once a center of anthracite coal mining in the United States...

) and the Cliff Street underpass. For parking, the station will use about 30 spots in Steamtown's existing lot.

From 1908 through 1970, passenger service to Scranton used the Lackawanna Railroad's large station

Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel

The Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel, built as the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station, is a neo-classical building in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was built as a train station and office building in 1908; closed in 1970; listed on the U.S...

. Now a Radisson hotel, the building also housed the railroad's regional headaquarters.