Delaware Water Gap
General information
LocationRiver Road, Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°59′30″N 75°8′25″W / 40.99167°N 75.14028°W / 40.99167; -75.14028
Owned byPennsylvania Department of Transportation[1]
Line(s)Pocono Mainline
Construction
Parking900 spaces (proposed)[1]
Proposed services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
East Stroudsburg
toward Scranton
 Lackawanna Cut-Off Blairstown
toward New York or Hoboken

The Delaware Water Gap is a proposed rail station in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, as part of the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project. The new station would be built south of PA Route 2028 (River Road), about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the historic railroad station of the same name. Passenger rail service into New Jersey and New York City would be provided by NJ Transit or Amtrak via the Lackawanna Cut-Off.[1]

Parking would be available at the Pennsylvania welcome center, located southwest of Interstate 80.[1] The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recently completed improvements to the welcome center. A park-and-ride facility, a five-level garage with about 900 spaces, would be built in the current parking area.[1] The amount of parking for the welcome center would remain unchanged.

Pedestrians would walk between the station platform, located between the track and Interstate 80, and the parking site via River Road (Route 2028), which would be improved to handle the foot traffic. Cars coming from Interstate 80 would also use River Road.[1]

The proposed location is just outside Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New Jersey – Pennsylvania Lackawanna Cut-Off Passenger Rail Service Restoration Project Environmental Assessment" (PDF). U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, and New Jersey Transit in cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
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