The Fred A. Williams Easton Intermodal Transportation Center is a bus terminal in downtown
Easton, Pennsylvania. It serves as a hub for local routes in the
Lehigh Valley area operated by
LANta and for intercity routes operated by various companies. In addition to buses, the center hosts Easton's city hall and a restaurant. The center opened in 2015.
Description
The center consists of two structures. Facing South 3rd Street is a rectangular three-story building containing Easton's
city hall
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, a waiting room and ticket office for bus passengers, and retail. Behind this building, are the bus bays and a multilevel
parking garage
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above.
History
Prior to the opening of the center, LANta's local buses used Easton's Center Square as its downtown hub. This was an open-air location with considerable traffic. The ''Lehigh Valley Surface Transportation Plan 2011-2030'', published in 2010, identified a need for dedicated transit centers in
Allentown,
Bethlehem, and Easton. Intercity buses stopped at a location on South 3rd Street between Center Square and Ferry Street, north of the new facility.
The site in Easton, bounded on the north by Spruce Street and the east by South 3rd Street, was formerly occupied by two properties: a
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, and the shuttered Marquis Theatre. The city acquired both in 2010 for a total of $3 million. The entire cost of the project came to $34 million, split between the city of Easton, LANTA, and state and federal grants.
The center was dedicated on September 29 and opened on October 5, 2015.
It is formally named the Fred A. Williams Easton Intermodal Transportation Center, after Fred A. Williams, a local businessman and long-time member of LANta's board. The city hall relocated from the Alpha Building on the southwest side of Centre Square on October 26.
Services
The Easton Intermodal Transportation Center hosts local and intercity bus services:
*
LANta: local routes to various destinations in Easton,
Allentown,
Bethlehem, and
Nazareth
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.
*
Trans-Bridge Lines
Trans-Bridge Lines is an interstate bus transportation company operating based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It operates in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and offers daily service from the Lehigh Valley to both New York City and Philadelphia ...
: regular commuter bus service to the
Port Authority Bus Terminal in
New York City.
*
Fullington Trailways: a daily round-trip between
Williamsport, Pennsylvania and New York City.
*
Greyhound Lines
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: a daily round-trip between
Scranton, Pennsylvania and
Philadelphia.
* Delaware River Coach operates
NJ Transit routes across the
Delaware River
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to
Phillipsburg and
Pohatcong Township, New Jersey.
Notes
References
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External links
* {{Official site
2015 establishments in Pennsylvania
Bus stations in Pennsylvania
Easton, Pennsylvania