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Photo Courtesy of Amtrak.  By Railfan & Railroad Staff NEW YORK CITY — Amtrak is dramatically expanding its footprint in New York City with the opening of the $1.6 billion Moynihan Train Hall on Jan. 1. The new station is located inside the Farley Post Office building between 31st and 33rd Street directly across 8th Avenue from New York Penn Station. Officials say that the new station will reduce crowding and enhance the passenger experience for those traveling in and out of New York on the Northeast Corridor.  The improved station has been decades in the making and along with upgrades at...

Print Continue to article content The $1.6 billion hall will serve as a waiting room for Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road passengers. | Erin Durkin/POLITICO Moynihan Train Hall set to open in New York NEW YORK — Moynihan Train Hall, an annex to Manhattan's much-reviled Penn Station, will open to the public on New Year’s Day, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday as he cut a ribbon for the new facility. The $1.6 billion hall, in the old James A. Farley Post Office Building across Eighth Avenue from the main station and Madison Square Garden, will serve as a waiting room for Amtrak and ...

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The premium Metropolitan Lounge will offer expanded food and beverage offerings for select travelers (Architecture and Interiors – FXCollaborative). Among the Train Hall’s features: • A 92-foot-high skylight over an atrium that is approximately the size of the Grand Central Terminal’s Main Hall. • Designated customer service locations for each railroad. • Dozens of LED and LCD displays for train information and messaging. • A free public Wi-Fi network (Wi-Fi 6). • A waiting room for customers with tickets; Red Cap Service; and a premium Metropolitan Lounge, providing select ...

Penn Station expansion set to finish Dec. 31, Cuomo says © Melanie Galinski Moynihan Train Hall is set to be complete on Dec. 31. Amtrak’s new Big Apple hub will be complete this Thursday, Gov. Cuomo announced, with train service set to start on the first day of 2021. The $1.6 billion expansion of Penn Station across Eighth Ave. into the iconic Farley Post Office will also serve MTA’s Long Island Rail Road and provide space for NJ Transit passengers to wait in a sunny atrium that builders compared to Grand Central Terminal’s Main Hall. “New Yorkers have known for decades that Penn ...