Delaware Water Gap station

The Delaware Water Gap is a proposed rail station to be built south of the right-of-way at PA Route 2028 (River Road) in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania as part of the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project. The new station would sit about one 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 via the Lackawanna Cut-Off.[1]

For the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad station, see Delaware Water Gap station (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad).
Delaware Water Gap
LocationRiver Road, Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°59′30″N 75°8′25″W
Owned byPennsylvania Department of Transportation[1]
Line(s)Lackawanna Cut-Off
Construction
Parking900 spaces (proposed)[1]
Proposed services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
East Stroudsburg
toward Scranton
 Lackawanna Cut-Off Blairstown
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken

Parking will be available at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area visitor's center, located southwest of Interstate 80.[1] The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recently completed improvements to the visitor’s center. A park-and-ride facility, a five-level garage with about 900 spaces, will be built in the current parking area.[1] The amount of parking for the visitor center will remain unchanged.

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

See also

References
  1. "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. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
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