Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Tag: NY Penn Station

  • 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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  • Lackawanna Coalition Gives Mixed Review to Amtrak “Gateway” Plan

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    Donald Winship

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    The Amtrak plan would build new rail tunnels into the existing Penn Station, with new tracks to be built between 30th and 31st Streets, south of the existing station.  The station itself would be extended southward to accommodate new platforms, which would terminate just east of Seventh Avenue.  Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River would…

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  • LIRR Plans Penn Station Concourse Modernization

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    Donald Winship

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    Now that NJT’s new trans-Hudson tunnel is dead, the Long Island Rail Road is planning to upgrade and modernize its passenger facilities in Penn Station.  The LIRR had put plans on hold, expecting disruptions from NJT’s tunnel construction.  According to Andrew Grossman, writing in the Wall Street Journal (Dec. 22), “Penn Station’s warren of underground…

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