Tobyhanna station

Tobyhanna is a proposed NJ Transit commuter rail station located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The station forms part of a site owned by a number of public and private entities including the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority. The site is adjacent to the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (and later, Erie Lackawanna) station; the building remains in place and is in use as the local historical society rail museum.

Tobyhanna
Milwaukee Road 261 leads an excursion through Tobyhanna in 1996
Location	Church Street, Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°10′46″N 75°25′06″W
Owned by	Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority[1]
Line(s)	Lackawanna Cut-Off
Construction
Parking	102 spaces (proposed)[1]
Other information
Station code	108 (D&LW)[2]
History
Opened	1908[3]
Closed	1965[4]
Rebuilt	1994[3] 2005[5]
Former and proposed services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Scranton toward Buffalo Main Line Mount Pocono toward Hoboken Gouldsboro toward Buffalo Pocono Summit toward Hoboken Proposed services Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Scranton Terminus Lackawanna Cut-Off Pocono Mountain toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken

History

Until 1947 Tobyhanna was a flagstop eastbound on Sundays for the Lackawanna Limited, the predecessor to the Phoebe Snow.[6][7] Through the end of the 1950s a few trains made station stops in Tobyhanna. Westbound these trains consisted of, in 1959, the Scrantonian, bound for Scranton, the Twilight, late afternoon train bound for Buffalo and an unnamed train bound for Scranton. Eastbound, service that year consisted of the Pocono Express from Buffalo, the Merchants Express from Scranton and an unnamed evening train from Scranton.[8] Service in the last years was limited to the Twilight and the Poconos Express (these train now terminating or originating at Scranton).[9] Passenger service ended with the discontinuing of these trains in fall, 1965.[10][11]

Proposed restoration of service

The proposed restoration of passenger service would be along the Lackawanna Cut-Off, with trains to northern New Jersey and New York City. A 102-space surface parking lot will be provided at this location, and it will be situated on the vacant side and rear portions of this site. The proposed platform would be to the south of the track, north of Church Street.[1]

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.
2. "List of Station Numbers". Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. 1952. p. 1. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
3. Mutter, Jeff. "Tobyhanna Station". Retrieved 2011-01-14.
4. Absent from Erie Lackawanna timetable, December 13, 1965, Table 1
5. "Historic Rail Photos Archives NRHS Projects". National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
6. Lackawanna timetable, January 26, 1947, Table 6
7. Absent from Erie Lackawanna's timetable June 22, 1947, Table 6
8. "Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 92 (7). December 1959.
9. Erie Lackawanna Railroad timetable, December 6, 1964, Table 1
10. Present on Erie Lackawanna timetable, October 24, 1965, Table 1
11. Absent from Erie Lackawanna timetable, December 13, 1965, Table 1

External links

• Lackawanna Cut-Off map