Penn Station Reconstruction (2024)

FAQs

Is Penn Station going to be rebuilt? ›

The new Penn Station reconstruction plan is a revision of the proposed Empire Station Complex, which former Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled in April 2021.

Originally completed in 1910, the aboveground portions of the building were demolished in 1963, and the underground concourses and platforms were heavily renovated to form the current Pennsylvania Station within the same footprint.

Pennsylvania Railroad executives searched for alternate means of income, and in 1961 they decided to dismantle their magnificent terminal and rent its air space. The three-year demolition of Penn Station began on October 28, 1963.

Former MTA chairman Pat Foye and his new employer, Italian transportation conglomerate ASTM, have been claiming their bid to rebuild and privatize the station will cost no more than $6 billion – but records obtained by The Post show it will come in at more than $8 billion.

Moynihan Train Hall FAQs

Moynihan Train Hall and New York Penn Station operate as one complex. Though Amtrak maintains a presence at Penn Station, Moynihan Train Hall is our new home in New York City. You can reach both stations from the platforms of Tracks 5 - 21. Where is Moynihan Train Hall?

The Penn Stations in New York City, Newark, New Jersey, and Baltimore are remnants of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's network, says Travis Harry, director of museum operations at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

PLATFORMS: Grand Central has 44 platforms, making it the largest train station in the world. Penn Station has 11.

The original Pennsylvania Station was an ornate station building designed by McKim, Mead, and White and considered a masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts style. Completed in 1910, it enabled direct rail access to New York City from the south for the first time.

July 12, 2023 | 7:05 P.M. The New York City Planning Commission has voted to keep Madison Square Garden, Manhattan's high-profile sports and entertainment venue above the Penn Station transit hub, in place for another 10 years.

The above ground portion of the station was demolished in 1963 and Madison Square Garden was built on top. Penn Station is the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere.

Who owns Penn Station, NYC? ›

In very short time that situation failed too, giving way to the national passenger rail service we have today. Amtrak now owns most of the old stations — with Newark Penn Station, owned by New Jersey Transit, being an exception — and presumably also the ability to give stations whatever name it wishes.

Heavy rain Friday brought water into the Penn Station and 59th Street subway stations in Manhattan. Despite the disruptions, MTA Chairman Janno Lieber said that the situation could have been much worse. "We had very low commuter levels this morning," Lieber said.

And in 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $6 billion plan to renovate Penn Station and redevelop its immediate vicinity, a project that's been at the center of public debate since its inception.

As construction progresses, the MTA will hold public meetings to give community members advance notice of key construction phases and milestones. Penn Station Access broke ground in December 2022, and the project is estimated to be complete by 2027.

Penn Station took four years to build, and used 27,000 tons of steel, 500,000 cubic feet of granite, 83,000 square feet of skylights, and 17 million bricks.

The current Penn Station, with its confusing multi-level layout, crowded corridors, and cramped ceilings, just isn't working for New Yorkers. The new Penn Station will be a sun-lit, single-level modern train hall with wider corridors, more space, and a welcoming feeling.

The amount of data they acquire on guests is voluminous. Countless laws have been enacted to ensure this data isn't intrusive and meets the plethora of consumer privacy laws the country has. For Penn Station, as a medium-sized regional brand, we did not have the infrastructure to do that, nor did we want to create it.

Moynihan Train Hall is an expansion of Pennsylvania Station, the main intercity and commuter rail station in New York City, into the city's former main post office building, the James A.

The above ground parts of Penn Station were destroyed because the Pennsylvania Railroad, which owned it, was in financial trouble and the air rights were valuable. So they sold the air rights, the station building was demolished and 2 office buildings and Madison Square Garden were constructed in its place.