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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.
This is a route-map template for Pennsylvania Station, a New York City railway station.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
In 1987, a rail connection to the West Side Rail Yard opened, [40] and in 1991, the opening of the Empire Connection allowed Amtrak to consolidate all of its New York City trains at Penn Station and save $600,000 a year in fees; [41] [42] [43] previously, trains from the Empire Corridor terminated at Grand Central Terminal, a legacy of the two ...
Entering the Hall from Penn Station. Moynihan Train Hall occupies part of the James A. Farley Building, a Beaux-Arts structure designed by McKim, Mead & White alongside the original Penn Station, and opened in 1914 as New York City's main post office. [2]
Pennsylvania Railroad system map in 1893. ... Emergency freight is routed through New York Penn Station and the Hudson ... The original station was built in 1865 and ...
Spring Street Depot, 1934-?, as new High Line terminus Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad Harlem River Terminal 1866–1931 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: 1917–present (under Amtrak) 1871–present (under Metro-North) Somewhere in downtown Manhattan 1849–1871 Morris and Essex Railroad 1996–present (under NJ Transit)
In 1982, the Penn Station post office was dedicated as the James A. Farley Building, in honor of the former Postmaster General who had expanded the building in the 1930s. [8] [59] Known for being the supreme Democratic Party boss of New York State, [60] Farley was responsible for Franklin D. Roosevelt's rise to the U.S. presidency. [61]
The West Side Line, also called the West Side Freight Line, is a railroad line on the west side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.North of Penn Station, from 34th Street, the line is used by Amtrak passenger service heading north via Albany to Toronto; Montreal; Niagara Falls and Buffalo, New York; Burlington, Vermont; and Chicago.