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Bethlehem Connect · Place sheet · Evaluated destination NX

North expansion — Bethlehem Square / US 22

Later, only if demand: extension along the Linden St corridor (+5.62 km)

Later · only if demand supports it

Typology: Interchange

Planning phase. An independent plan; nothing is funded or built yet.

Locator map of North expansion — Bethlehem Square / US 22 and the lines around it
  • NXBethlehem Square / US 22

Connect Spine (Phase 1)River Line (Phase 1)St. Luke's branch (Phase 1)Dashed: Phase 2 and later linksGondola (later idea)LANTA EBS todayShaded area: a station area or destination on Lehigh, hospital, casino or retail land, or owner unknown; not a site

Why here

Retail destination with possible park-and-ride near US 22, reached by extending the Spine north later, only if ridership and funding justify it.

Ideas if pursued (to study)

  • Park-and-ride and transfer, later, only if demand

What exists today

  • No transit facility at this location is described in the plan.
Map of the northern section with the expansion to Bethlehem Square (opens the full-size image)
North expansion along the Linden St corridor to Bethlehem Square / US 22 (later, only if demand). Shaded areas mark station areas, not sites.

Measured here

Lines
North expansion to Bethlehem Square (later) · Bethlehem Township park extension, after the North expansion (later)
Elevation
112 m (USGS 3DEP)
Future train access
From Bethlehem Square / US 22, about 20 minutes on Bethlehem Connect to the rail-ready stop at Farrington Square.

Still unknown

  • Linden St redesign coordination
  • Bethlehem Township coordination

Place sheet v1.6 · 22 October 2026 · website-five-tau-72.vercel.app/files/places/north-expansion-bethlehem-square.pdf

Bethlehem Connect is an independent plan by David Fischbarg, in the planning phase. Nothing is funded or built yet. It is not an official project of, or endorsed by, any agency, university, hospital, company or the City named on this sheet. No route, station or facility has been surveyed, engineered or funded. No passenger trains run in Bethlehem today, and no regional rail route has been chosen. Data: Overture Maps 2026-09-23.1 (© OpenStreetMap contributors; ESA WorldCover, CC BY 4.0), USGS 3DEP terrain, LANTA 2022 timetable (service has changed since). Lines are corridors on existing streets, not engineered routes.