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East Stroudsburg Station
East Stroudsburg is an historic train station built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1856. The station served as the local stop for both East Stroudsburg and Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The depot, recently known locally as the Dansbury Depot for the restaurant that used the building, is located on Crystal Street in East Stroudsburg. Service to East Stroudsburg ended on January 6, 1970, when the Erie Lackawanna Railway discontinued the '' Lake Cities''. A proposal is currently in place to extend NJ Transit service to a rebuilt East Stroudsburg station. In spring 2021, Amtrak announced plans for potential New York–Scranton route. It is currently used by some of Steamtown National Historic Site's excursion trains. History The station had served several Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and then Erie-Lackwanna passenger trains. Aside from the ''Lake Cities,'' these included the ''Owl''/''New York Mail,'' ''Twilight''/''Pocono Express'' and the DL&W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Poconos region of the state. Originally known as "Dansbury", East Stroudsburg was renamed for geographic reasons when the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad opened a station in town. Despite its name being derivative of its bordering borough, Stroudsburg, it has almost twice the population. East Stroudsburg is the largest municipality in Monroe County and in the East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area as designated by the Office of Management and Budget based on data from the 2010 US Census. The population was 9,847 at the 2020 census. East Stroudsburg is located northeast of Allentown, north of Philadelphia, and west of New York City. Geography East Stroudsburg is located at (41.001442, -75.180111). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. When traveling west on Interstate 80, East Stroudsburg is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
