Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

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  • Less Is More?

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    John Bobsin

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    A visit to the LIRR’s main concourse at NYP reveals that the LIRR’s only restrooms, and the dingy waiting room between them, have vanished behind a wall of plywood. (Not noticed: did we also lose that famous overhead structure said to be one of the last pieces of the old Penn Station?). A sign only…

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  • Penn Station Expansion to Begin

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    John Bobsin

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    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced the imminent start of the first phase of the expansion of Penn Station, a long-term project that will eventually reconstruct the main Post Office west of Eighth Avenue into the new Moynihan Station, mostly to be used by Amtrak.  According to the Associated Press,…

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  • Rider Advocates Push for Moynihan/Penn Station First

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    Donald Winship

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    The Regional Rail Working Group and its member organizations, the Lackawanna Coalition and the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers, continue to advocate for new tunnels to the existing Penn Station, with station enhancements under the Moynihan Station plan advanced by New York, with additional improvements for more capacity.  Representatives of the organizations made statements to…

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  • Coalition Calls for Moynihan Station in Manhattan, but With Changes

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    Donald Winship

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    The Lackawanna Coalition has endorsed the concept of the Moynihan Station planned for the Farley Post Office building west of Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, across the street from the existing Penn Station, but has not endorsed the plan in its current form.  We call for all tracks to be extended to accommodate trains of any…

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  • Moynihan Station Plan Gets Stimulus Funding

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    Donald Winship

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    The plan to extend the existing Penn Station into the historic Farley Post Office Building on the west side of Eighth Avenue received a boost as the Federal Government gave the project a grant of $83.3 million under the TIGER (Transportation Improvements Generating Economic Recovery) Program.  New York State and Amtrak officials hailed the move,…

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