Penn Station must expand to increase flow of trains
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 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,
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
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, including a station under the existing station, failed to make the grade, according to a joint Amtrak-NJ Transit-MTA study.
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.
Amtrak train partially derails at NYC's Penn Station
NEW YORK -- An Amtrak train derailed at Penn Station on Thursday afternoon. According to Amtrak, as Train 133 was departing the station at around 2 p.m., one set of wheels derailed.
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.
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.
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 ...
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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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Penn Station Needs Expansion to Realize Dream of NJ-Long Island Service, Railroads Claim
A new report helps justify Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and the MTA's long-sought push for a larger train station.
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Amtrak train derails near Penn Station, backing up NJ Transit, Amtrak service in NYC area
A set of wheels on the train came off the tracks just south of the station around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Amtrak said.
Amtrak train derailment causing half hour-long delays to and from NYC
NJ Transit trains to and from New York have delays up to 30 minutes, a drop from 1 hour delays reported earlier, and rail ...