LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Next stop, suburbia.Lancaster Online
The CorridorOne passenger rail system plans to build a train station in East Hempfield Township, easing travel for thousands of Lancaster County residents.
The $2.5 million station would be part of the immense Independence “livable community” project, proposed for the southeast corner of Route 283 and State Road.
CorridorOne intends to use existing Amtrak tracks to provide service between Lancaster and Harrisburg more frequently and less expensively than Amtrak does.
CorridorOne hopes to start service in late 2008 and open the Independence station at about the same time, assuming the 300-acre housing and commercial development goes forward.
John Ward, president of CorridorOne’s developer, the Modern Transit Partnership, sees the new station serving travelers who live in the north, west and southwest suburbs of Lancaster City.
The new station, between Landisville and East Petersburg, would be more convenient for those residents than the Lancaster Amtrak station in the city, he said.
“We want to be accessible to people who’d ride the train,” said Ward. “Mainly, that’s commuters, but it’s also people who’re going shopping, for the arts or to a sporting event.”
The CorridorOne system would have stops at Mount Joy, Elizabethtown, Middletown, Harrisburg International Airport and downtown Harrisburg as well...
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That's good. They don't say when in 2008, but 2008 isn't that far off, so I suppose by now they have a contract with someone to procure new or used equipment. Anyone have the scoop on that issue?
