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Electric City Trolley Museum

Scranton, PA · 2 hours 11 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

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Electric City Trolley Museum

Plan the day

Drive2 hours 11 minutes from Reading, 103 miles2 hours 5 minutes from Boyertown · 1 hour 51 minutes from Hamburg · 2 hours 31 minutes from Morgantown
Where300 Cliff Street, Scranton, PA 18503, Scranton, PAOpen in maps →
OpenMuseum open daily April through December and Wednesday to Sunday January through March; trolley rides Thursday to Sunday, April through December9 am to 4 pm; trolley rides at 10:30 am, noon, 1:30 pm and about 3 pm, Thursday to Sunday
AdmissionMuseum: adults $9, seniors 62+ $8, children 3 to 17 $7, 2 and under free. Trolley ride only $12, $11, $10. Combo $15, $14, $13 (posted October 2026)
Good forlittle kids, big kids, adults, older adults

The Electric City Trolley Museum is a Lackawanna County museum of electric streetcars on the grounds of Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, with trolley rides on the old Laurel Line.

The ride leaves from the Steamtown platform in Car No. 76, a 1926 Brill car built for the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Co., follows the former Laurel Line beside Roaring Brook past the Scranton Iron Furnaces and through the Crown Avenue Tunnel, 4,747 feet long and one of the longest interurban tunnels ever built. Inside are Trolleys Exposed, a restoration shop, a kids' exhibit and a 50-seat theater, with Steamtown next door.

Before you go

Call 570-963-6590 to verify the ride schedule or to ask about chartering the trolley. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Museum admission and the trolley ride are sold separately or as a combo. The trolley boards at the Steamtown passenger platform.

Coming up

Trolley rides run Thursday to Sunday through December; from January through March the museum closes on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Official site →Tickets →

Checked October 8, 2026 on the official site. Hours, prices and seasons change, so confirm there before a long drive.

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