Reading & Northern Railroad — the company interested in bringing passenger train excursion service to Wilkes-Barre — is offering to pay $10 million to purchase Luzerne County’s rail line, according to a letter.

Company Chairman and CEO Andy M. Muller Jr. made the offer in a letter sent by regular mail and email Monday to Scott Linde, board chairman of the county Redevelopment Authority, which owns the line.

Separate from a purchase, Muller has publicly discussed his intent to invest millions of dollars in private funds to improve the line, including at least $2 million to upgrade the 8-mile line between Pittston and Wilkes-Barre to accommodate excursions from Wilkes-Barre to Jim Thorpe.

Muller’s communication said he read media coverage that the authority is considering publicly seeking

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