The Fred A. Williams Easton Intermodal Transportation Center is a bus terminal in downtown

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. It serves as a hub for local routes in the

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area operated by

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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

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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

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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

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, 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

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, 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: *

: local routes to various destinations in Easton,

, and

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. *

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: regular commuter bus service to the

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. *

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: a daily round-trip between

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and New York City. *

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: a daily round-trip between

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and

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. * Delaware River Coach operates

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routes across the

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to Phillipsburg and

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References

External links

* {{Official site 2015 establishments in Pennsylvania Bus stations in Pennsylvania Easton, Pennsylvania