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Bethlehem Connect · Place sheet · Evaluated destination SL

St. Luke's University Hospital (Fountain Hill)

Potential bus branch — feasibility test (rail not recommended)

Evaluated destination · its branch is a Phase 1 option

Typology: Employment / 24-hour

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

Locator map of St. Luke's University Hospital (Fountain Hill) and the lines around it
  • 5Lehigh University Center
  • 6Farrington Square
  • SLSt. Luke's (Fountain Hill)

Connect Spine (Phase 1)River Line (Phase 1)Dashed: options and if-demand linksGondola optionLANTA EBS todayShaded area: a station area or evaluated destination on Lehigh, hospital, casino or private retail land, not a site

Why here

St. Luke's University Health Network's main campus, with 24/7 shifts and thin LANTA service. Option A from Farrington (1.67 km, max 10.5%) or option B from Downtown via the Hill-to-Hill Bridge (2.30 km, max 10.2%).

Ideas if pursued (to study)

  • One Ostrum St stop between Entrances A and B
  • Early-morning and late-evening trips matched to shifts

What exists today

  • LANTA Route 108 serves the area; its evening trips were cut in June 2026.
Map and elevation profiles of St. Luke's branch options A and B, with the 4th & Wyandotte candidate stop (opens the full-size image)
Branch options A and B with measured elevation profiles (USGS 3DEP), and the 4th & Wyandotte candidate stop on option A. Grades suit buses; rail is not recommended. Shaded areas mark station areas, not sites.

Measured here

Lines
St. Luke's branch option A · St. Luke's branch option B
Elevation
101 m (USGS 3DEP)
Future train access
From St. Luke's (Fountain Hill), about 4 minutes on Bethlehem Connect to the rail-ready stop at Farrington Square.
Stop option nearby
4th & Wyandotte: a candidate stop on St. Luke's branch option A, 0.94 km from here along the branch

Still unknown

  • Emergency-department and ambulance access
  • Ostrum St bus geometry
  • Shift times and staff origins
  • Hospital interest

Place sheet v1.5 · 22 October 2026 · website-five-tau-72.vercel.app/files/places/st-lukes-fountain-hill.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.