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Wilkes-Barre wants study on restoring passenger rail service to Philadelphia

(Source: Philadelphia Tribune, July 18, 2019)

PITTSTON TWP., Pa. — Wikes-Barre officials asked the Lackawanna/Luzerne Metropolitan Planning Organization this week to consider a feasibility study to restore intercity passenger rail service from Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia.

Full story: Philadelphia Tribune

Friday, July 19, 2019

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