Amtrak

WVIA's Roger DuPuis and Borys Krawczeniuk talk about progress on plans to restore rail service between Scranton and New York City.

With President Donald Trump's administration slashing federal spending, first-term Republican congressman offers his most full-throated public support of a project that Amtrak officials wholeheartedly back. Amtrak would operate the train.

Plan should be complete by 2028, when Amtrak hoped the service might begin.

Region's congressional leadership joins local, state officials to laud cash that will fund work along rail project's right-of-way in Pennsylvania.