Penn Station needs expansion to boost train capacity, new report concludes
The only way to increase train capacity at Penn Station is to expand the Midtown Manhattan transit hub, a new report concludes. This week Amtrak, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and NJ Transit released "Doubling Trans-Hudson Train Capacity at New York Penn Station,
These Penn Station expansion plans should be rejected, study says
Four ideas to reduce the rush hour crush on New York Penn Stations narrow platforms and accommodate the additional trains that the new $16 billion Hudson River rail tunnels will bring failed to make the grade,
Amtrak, commuter railroads say Penn Station expansion will be required to handle growth
NEW YORK — Penn Station must be expanded to accommodate future traffic, according to Amtrak and the commuter railroads using the Manhattan rail hub. That is the conclusion of a report — commissioned by Amtrak,
New report paves the way for expansion of Penn Station to increase train service
The report dismisses ideas that would provide an alternative to a yearslong proposal to expand Penn Station by tearing down a Midtown block.
Study: Penn Station needs to expand to accommodate Gateway Project
A new study says Penn Station would need to expand in order to accommodate Amtrak's Gateway Tunnel project, which would build a second tunnel across the Hudson by 2035.
Amtrak studies expansion of Penn Station to improve commute
A better commute in and out of Penn Station is a complicated thing. Officials are looking for improvements but projects are more than a decade down the line. Amtrak is studying an expansion of the station’s footprint and the Gateway Tunnel is being built under the Hudson River.
Penn Station must expand to increase flow of trains: Amtrak study
A joint Amtrak, NJ Transit and MTA analysis released Wednesday indicates that the planned doubling of train capacity into Penn Station will likely require an expansion of the facility beyond its
Increased train capacity at Penn Station would require expansion, study says
Three major transit agencies say Penn Station needs to be expanded if they want to increase train capacity. That's according to a new study conducted by the MTA, Amtrak and NJ Transit.
Penn Station Takes Up Two Blocks. Railroads Say They Must Have More.
After studying other ways to double capacity at the busy transit hub, the railroads that use it say they have concluded that ...
Penn State frat ex-leaders, including Long Islander Daniel Casey, will spend time in jail for roles in hazing death of Timothy Piazza
The former president and vice president of a Penn State fraternity where pledge Timothy Piazza fell and later died after ...
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Amtrak, MTA, NJ Transit releases ‘Doubling Trans-Hudson Train Capacity at New York Penn Station’ engineering feasibility study
The study concludes none of the four concepts to double train capacity at the station during peak periods achieve the ...
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An Original Penn Station Eagle Lives at the National Zoo in D.C.
Find out how this stone eagle from the original Penn Station in NYC made its way south to the nation's capital!
Train derails near NYC’s Penn Station, blocking tracks — and causing commuter chaos
A train derailed and blocked the tracks south of New York City’s Penn Station, causing massive delays in and out of the Big ...