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TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION
- Five major highways ... Direct access to I-81 and I-476 (the Northeast
Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike) which interconnect with nearby I-80, I-84, and
I-380. See PA Dept. of Transportation for additional info.
- Regularly scheduled jet service (USAirways and Comair/Delta Connection) plus
three feeder commuter lines (Comair, USAirways Express and Continental Express) reaches
nine major hubs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International features a 7500-foot runway. New
Airline (Trans International Express)
- Thirty commercial departures daily include direct service to Allentown,
Baltimore, Boston, Dulles, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Newark, Cincinnati and Cleveland, and
one-stop service to some 140 destinations.
- Two private air terminals provide charter services, private instruction, and air
maintenance services.
- Two Class I railroads (Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific) plus feeder service
from the Luzerne County Rail Authority and the Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern
Railroad.
- International Port of Entry and Foreign Trade Zone.
- Forty-one motor carrier companies.
- Over-the-road bus service with 31 regularly scheduled daily trips including 8 to
New York, 8 to Philadelphia, and 1 to Atlantic City (Martz Trailways and Greyhound).
- County mass transit serves a 25-mile radius of Wilkes-Barre with a central hub in
the city.
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