Despite hurdles, improvements for railway still on track
LEWISTOWN — Despite potential hurdles, the Bureau of Rail, Freight, Ports and Waterways believes the scheduled improvements at the Lewistown Junction Train Station are still on track. According to its website, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Amtrak and Norfolk Southern Railway are working together to support the modification and expansion of the state-supported Pennsylvanian service between Pittsburgh and New York City from one to two daily trains in each direction. In order to mitigate train delays that would result from increasing the frequency of the Pennsylvanian ...