

"Amtrak has already undertaken some analysis of this route, and we look forward to more detailed study in cooperation with PNRRA, state and local officials, host railroads, and other stakeholders," said Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams.

The Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority, a public organization that owns about 100 miles of the tracks needed for the Scranton project, put down $400,000 last month to study with Amtrak whether the route is worth doing and what kind of ridership they could expect. More: Third lawsuit in three months filed against NJ Transit as sixth woman alleges sex assault It's on us to be able to justify from an economic standpoint that the routes that are being proposed are worth doing," Coscia said in a recent interview with The Record and the USA TODAY Network New Jersey. “In some markets, it's a stronger case than it is in others.
