Tobyhanna station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tobyhanna
Milwaukee Road 261 at Tobyhanna in 1996
Location	Church Street (PA 423) at Godwin Street, Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°10′46″N 75°25′06″W / 41.1795°N 75.4182°W / 41.1795; -75.4182
Owned by	Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority
Line(s)	Pocono Mainline
Construction
Parking	102 spaces (proposed)
Other information
Station code	108 (D&LW)
History
Opened	1908
Closed	1965
Rebuilt	1994 2005
Former and proposed services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Scranton toward Buffalo Main Line Mount Pocono toward Hoboken Gouldsboro toward Buffalo Pocono Summit toward Hoboken Proposed services Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Scranton Terminus Lackawanna Cut-Off Pocono Mountain toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken

The Tobyhanna station is a train station that might be built in the future. It is located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. This station would be part of the NJ Transit commuter rail system.

The land for the station is owned by several groups, including the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority. The new station would be built next to the old Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad station. This old building is still standing and is now used as a museum about local train history. In 2021, Amtrak also announced plans for a new train route between New York and Scranton.

Train Service History at Tobyhanna

The old Tobyhanna station building in 2023.

Tobyhanna was once a stop for trains, but it was a special kind of stop called a "flagstop" until 1947. This meant that a train would only stop if someone waved a flag to get on, or if someone on the train wanted to get off. On Sundays, the Lackawanna Limited train, which later became the Phoebe Snow, would stop here if needed.

Through the 1950s, a few trains regularly stopped at Tobyhanna. By 1959, trains heading west included the Scrantonian, which went to Scranton, and the Twilight, an afternoon train going to Buffalo. Another unnamed train also went to Scranton. For eastbound travel, there was the Pocono Express from Buffalo, the Merchants Express from Scranton, and an unnamed evening train from Scranton.

In its final years, only the Twilight and the Pocono Express stopped at Tobyhanna. These trains either started or ended their journeys in Scranton. Regular passenger train service at Tobyhanna officially ended in the fall of 1965 when these trains stopped running.

Future Plans for Tobyhanna Station

There are plans to bring passenger train service back to Tobyhanna. This new service would use the Lackawanna Cut-Off line. It would connect Tobyhanna to northern New Jersey and New York City.

As part of these plans, a parking lot with 102 spaces has been suggested for the station. This parking area would be built on the empty land next to and behind the old station. The new train platform would be located south of the tracks, just north of Church Street.