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Following the opening of the 33rd Street entrance, the LIRR concourse was doubled in width from 30 to 57 feet (9.1 to 17.4 m), and the ceilings were raised to a minimum height of 18 feet (5.5 m) [65] by removing seven "head knockers", [66] low-hanging steel beams only 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) above the concourse's floor which were part of the ...
34th Street–Penn Station is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 34th Street and Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It is served by the A and E trains at all times, and by the C train at all times except late nights.
Redirecting LIRR trains from Penn Station to Grand Central Terminal frees up tracks and platforms at Penn. This new capacity, as well as track connections resulting from the East Side Access project, allows Metro-North Railroad trains on the New Haven Line to run to Penn Station via Amtrak's Hell Gate Bridge .
The overhaul of the LIRR concourse is part of a $559 million project that includes the construction of a shiny new entrance to Penn Station at 33rd St. and Seventh Ave., which opened in late 2020.
Pennsylvania Station (often abbreviated to Penn Station) was a historic railroad station in New York City that was built for, named after, and originally occupied by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). The station occupied an 8-acre (3.2 ha) plot bounded by Seventh and Eighth Avenues and 31st and 33rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan .
English: LIRR Concourse of New York Penn Station, located under 33rd Street, with a raised ceiling height (to 18 ft / 5.5 m) following renovations as part of the Empire Station Complex project in 2019–2022. Construction is still underway in the concourse, though some new signs are already installed.
The MTA shined new light onto a corner of Penn Station on Tuesday. Officials unveiled a new 18-foot ceiling on the northeast corner of the train hub, part of its effort to expand the its northern ...
The MTA planned a new station in Sunnyside, Queens, once East Side Access was completed. [6] [7] The MTA later proposed in their 20-year needs assessment for 2025 to 2044 that Sunnyside station serve both the LIRR and the Metro-North Railroad, with the latter providing service to Penn Station after Penn Station Access is completed. [8]