The New York and Greenwood Lake Railway owned a line between Croxton , Jersey City, New Jersey and Greenwood Lake, New York . Service on the line was provided by the Erie Railroad .
57-625: (Redirected from NYGL ) New York and Greenwood Lake Railway may refer to: New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1878–1943) , a predecessor of the Erie Railroad in New Jersey New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1996) , an unrelated shortline railroad in Garfield and Passaic, New Jersey Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
114-714: A mobile app called FindYourWay to help commuters navigate around Penn Station, though Zyter also plans to roll out the app at other large Amtrak stations. The station's three providers use different official addresses for the station. Note: Interlocking towers A, KN, C, and JO have been deactivated. Tracks 1–4 end at bumper blocks at the eastern end of the platform and have no access to the East River Tunnels and Amtrak's Sunnyside Yard in Queens, so they are used only by NJ Transit. In normal operations, Amtrak and NJ Transit share tracks 5–12, all three railroads share tracks 13–16, and
171-553: A "monumental act of vandalism", and its destruction galvanized the modern historic preservation movement. The 2020s saw the opening of Moynihan Train Hall , an expansion of Penn Station into the Farley Post Office building , as well as expansion of the LIRR concourse and a new direct entrance from 33rd Street to the LIRR concourse. Further plans call for adding railway platforms in
228-500: A $ 72 million grant to cover two-thirds of the design and engineering phase of the Penn Station Reconstruction project. It would include 11 elevators, 18 escalators, a plaza, and a connection to the 34th Street–Herald Square station . The station is served by 1,300 arrivals and departures per day, twice as many as there were during the 1970s. There are more than 600,000 subway, commuter rail and Amtrak passengers who use
285-577: A century of operation by the Pennsylvania Railroad (1910–1963), scores of intercity passenger trains arrived and departed daily to Chicago and St. Louis on "Pennsy" rails and beyond on connecting railroads to Miami and the west. Along with Long Island Rail Road trains, Penn Station saw trains of the New Haven and the Lehigh Valley railroads. A side effect of the tunneling project was to open
342-413: A cross-Hudson connection were advanced in the late 19th century, but financial panics in the 1870s and 1890s scared off potential investors. In any event, none of the proposals advanced during this time were considered feasible. An early proposal for a bridge was considered but rejected. The alternative was to tunnel under the river, but this was infeasible for steam locomotive use. The development of
399-404: A lactation suite for nursing mothers. In January 2021, the new expansion, Moynihan Train Hall , opened and was named for the man who had conceived it. The $ 1.6 billion, 255,000-square-foot (23,700 m ) renovation retained the original, landmarked Beaux Arts Farley Building, added a central atrium with a glass roof, and provided access to Amtrak and LIRR trains. A new 33rd Street entrance to
456-430: A low-ceilinged " catacomb " lacking charm, especially when compared to the much larger and more ornate Grand Central Terminal. The New York Times , in a November 2007 editorial supporting development of an enlarged terminal, said that "Amtrak's beleaguered customers...scurry through underground rooms bereft of light or character," and Times transit reporter Michael M. Grynbaum called Penn Station "the ugly stepchild of
513-474: A masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts style. Completed in 1910, it enabled direct rail access to New York City from the south for the first time. Its head house and train shed were torn down in 1963 at a time of low train ridership, with the rail infrastructure reconstituted as the smaller underground station that survives today. The New York Times editorial board described the demolition of the original station as
570-583: A new information desk, a second entrance in close proximity to the NJ Transit concourse that provides improved access towards the Seventh Avenue side of the Station, two new Passenger Information Display Systems boards that display NJ Transit departure information and a lactation suite for nursing mothers. The LIRR's connecting concourse runs below West 33rd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, as it has since
627-659: A new southern annex to connect to two new Gateway Program tunnels under the Hudson River, adding underground connections to the Herald Square station and with the PATH to the 33rd Street station , and renovating the core Penn Station under Madison Square Garden. Until the early 20th century, the PRR's rail network terminated on the western side of the Hudson River (once known locally as
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#1733092449518684-578: A rail connection to the West Side Rail Yard opened, 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; previously, trains from the Empire Corridor terminated at Grand Central Terminal , a legacy of the two stations' respective roots in separate railroads. In 1994, the station
741-637: A stop near Penn Station to Bethesda, Maryland and Arlington, Virginia. Go Buses runs buses from a stop near Penn Station to Newton, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Most intercity and commuter bus services to and from midtown Manhattan use the Port Authority Bus Terminal , located approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometers) to the north of Penn Station. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to bring Metro-North Railroad commuter trains to Penn Station as part of its Penn Station Access project. The East Side Access project, which
798-577: Is authorized by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York City Department of Transportation . The following MTA Regional Bus Operations buses stop near Penn Station: Intercity bus service to and from Penn Station is provided by Vamoose Bus , Tripper Bus, and Go Buses . Vamoose Bus runs buses from a stop near Penn Station to Bethesda, Maryland; Arlington, Virginia; and Lorton, Virginia. Tripper Bus runs buses from
855-578: The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1960, to create the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad . Passenger service on the line north of Mountain View, to Greenwood Lake, was abandoned in stages. Conrail operated commuter rail on the line from 1976 to 1982, when New Jersey Transit Rail Operations took over. The line south and east of Mountain View and north and west of Montclair is operated as part of
912-639: The Empire State Building , Koreatown , and Macy's Herald Square . Penn Station has 21 tracks fed by seven tunnels, including its two North River Tunnels , four East River Tunnels , and one Empire Connection tunnel. It is at the center of the Northeast Corridor , a passenger rail line that connects New York City with Boston to its north and Philadelphia , Baltimore , and Washington, D.C. to its south, along with various intermediate stations. Intercity trains are operated by Amtrak , which owns
969-461: The James A. Farley Building , the city's former main post office across the street which was designed by the same firm as the original Penn Station; Moynihan had shined shoes in the original station as a boy. Many redevelopment or expansion concepts were proposed over the 1990s and 2000s, but none reached fruition until funding from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act enabled the expansion of
1026-709: The Montclair-Boonton Line and runs now to Hoboken , with Midtown Direct service into New York Penn Station . Three passenger stations ( Arlington , Rowe Street and Benson Street ) were abandoned when the Montclair Connection opened in 2002 and the Hackensack River bridge was placed out of service. Conrail continued to operate freight service on the line until 1999, when the Norfolk Southern Railway took over. Norfolk Southern operated on
1083-510: The North River ) at Exchange Place in Jersey City, New Jersey . Manhattan-bound passengers boarded ferries to cross the Hudson River for the final stretch of their journey. The rival New York Central Railroad 's line ran down Manhattan from the north under Park Avenue and terminated at Grand Central Depot (later replaced by Grand Central Terminal ) at 42nd Street . Many proposals for
1140-569: The busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere , serving more than 600,000 passengers per weekday as of 2019 . The station is located beneath Madison Square Garden in the block bounded by Seventh and Eighth Avenues and 31st and 33rd Streets and in the James A. Farley Building , with additional exits to nearby streets, in Midtown Manhattan . It is close to several popular Manhattan locations, including Herald Square ,
1197-655: The electric locomotive at the turn of the 20th century made a tunnel feasible. In 1901, PRR president Alexander Cassatt announced the railroad's plan to enter New York City by tunneling under the Hudson and building a grand station on the West Side of Manhattan south of 34th Street . The station would sit in Manhattan's Tenderloin district , a historical red-light district known for its corruption and prostitution. Beginning in June 1903,
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#17330924495181254-626: The Bronx are planned as part of this project, at Co-op City , Morris Park , Parkchester / VanNest , and Hunts Point . The MTA also proposes a second service from the Metro-North's Hudson Line to Penn Station using Amtrak's West Side Line in Manhattan. The Penn Station Access project would provide direct rides from Connecticut , Westchester County , the Lower Hudson Valley , and the Bronx to West Midtown; ease reverse-commuting from Manhattan and
1311-495: The Bronx to Westchester County, the Lower Hudson Valley, and Connecticut; and provide transportation service to areas of the Bronx without direct subway service. Penn Station does not have a unified design or floor plan but rather is divided into separate Amtrak, LIRR and NJ Transit concourses with each concourse maintained and styled differently by its respective operator. The Amtrak and NJ Transit concourses are located on
1368-533: The East River tunnels on March 18, 1908. A small portion of Penn Station opened on September 8, 1910, in conjunction with the opening of the East River Tunnels , and LIRR riders gained direct railroad service to Manhattan . On November 27, 1910, Penn Station was fully opened to the public. With the station's full opening, the PRR became the only railroad to enter New York City from the south. During half
1425-861: The Erie. In 1887, the Erie created a new subsidiary, the Arlington Railroad, to create a new, more direct ROW in the Kearny Meadows between the Hackensack River and Passaic River . In the mid-1890s, the Erie greatly expanded the infrastructure and service on the Greenwood Lake, taking over the Watchung Railway (in 1895), the Caldwell Railway (in 1897) and the Roseland Railway (also in 1897),
1482-886: The LIRR and NJ Transit. The following Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) services originate and terminate at Penn Station: All branches connect at Jamaica station except the Port Washington Branch. Jamaica station also connects to Airtrain JFK for service to John F. Kennedy International Airport . Normally, the LIRR uses tracks 17 to 21 exclusively and shares tracks 13 to 16 with Amtrak and NJT. The LIRR uses tracks 11 and 12 on rare occasions. The following NJ Transit Rail Operations (NJT) branches originate and terminate at Penn Station: NJT normally uses tracks 1 to 4 exclusively, as these four tracks end at bumper blocks to their east. NJT shares tracks 5 through 12 with Amtrak, and occasionally uses tracks 13 to 16, which are shared with Amtrak and
1539-482: The LIRR concourse opened at the same time. The station received a place in the world selection for the 2021 Prix Versailles in the passenger stations category. 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) by removing seven "head knockers", low-hanging steel beams only 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) above
1596-503: The LIRR has the exclusive use of tracks 17–21 on the north side of the station. From the east, the East River Tunnels' lines 1 and 2 (the more southerly tubes) can only access tracks 5–17 and are used by most Amtrak and NJ Transit trains, while the East River Tunnels' lines 3 and 4 (the more northerly tubes) can only access tracks 14–21 and are mostly used by LIRR. From the west, the North River Tunnels can access tracks 1–19, while
1653-543: The LIRR. Connections are available to the following New York City Subway stations: Connections are also available to the PATH system at 33rd Street station, under Sixth Avenue on Herald Square. The JSQ-33 and HOB-33 services terminate at 33rd Street on weekdays, and are combined into the JSQ-33 (via HOB) service on late nights, weekends and holidays. NYC Airporter provides bus transportation to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport , and
1710-530: The Orange Branch until 2010 when the last remaining shipper Hartz Mountain closed their Bloomfield plant. A short segment of the Orange Branch was brought back into use for passengers as part of the Newark Light Rail , with stations at Silver Lake and Grove Street . In 2020, Norfolk Southern (NS) officially abandoned the eastern 8.63-mile (13.89 km) section (milepost WD 2.9 to milepost WD 11.5) of
1767-602: The West End Concourse of the LIRR under the Farley Building in 2016. In 2016 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans for the renovation of Penn Station and mixed-use redevelopment of the Farley Building, including development of a new train hall, which he called the Empire Station Complex. From 2019 to 2020 the ticketed waiting room on the main concourse underwent a $ 7.2 million renovation that
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1824-495: The city up to the suburbs, and within 10 years of opening, two-thirds of the daily passengers coming through Penn Station were commuters. The station put the Pennsylvania Railroad at comparative advantage to its competitors offering direct service from Manhattan to the west and south. Other railroads began their routes at terminals in Weehawken , Hoboken , Pavonia and Communipaw which required passengers from New York City to take
1881-404: The city's two great rail terminals." After its nadir in the 1960s, ridership exploded in subsequent decades, a situation never contemplated by the structure's designers. By the 2010s, the station operated at almost three times its intended capacity; over 600,000 passengers used the station daily in 2019. In the early 1990s, U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan proposed building a new station in
1938-598: The concourse could only be accessed from the Amtrak entrance on 32nd Street. Plans for a new entrance from 31st Street to the NJ Transit concourse were announced in 2006, and the entrance opened in 2009. After the September 11 attacks , security was increased and passenger flow curtailed. In 2002, $ 100 million of work added security features such as lighting, cameras, and barricades. The taxiway under Madison Square Garden, which ran from 31st Street to 33rd Street at mid-block,
1995-520: The concourse's floor which were part of the original Penn Station; the expansion was completed in March 2023. 33rd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues was converted into a pedestrian plaza and permanently closed to vehicular traffic. The plaza opened in June 2024 as part of a $ 65 million project funded by Vornado. In November 2024, the United States Department of Transportation provided
2052-474: The decade, Grand Central Terminal was protected under the city's new landmarks preservation act , a protection upheld by the courts in 1978 after a challenge by Grand Central's owner, Penn Central (the corporate successor of the PRR, following its merger with the rival New York Central Railroad). Post-1968, the core Penn Station has been underground, sitting below Madison Square Garden, 33rd Street, and Two Penn Plaza. The core has three levels: concourses on
2109-566: The first level below the street level while the Long Island Rail Road concourse is two levels below street level. The main concourse, now primarily used by NJ Transit which was principally used by Amtrak until the opening of the Moynihan Train Hall in 2021, is at the west end of the station directly beneath Madison Square Garden. It was created out of the original station's waiting rooms and main concourse, though few remnants of
2166-837: The former becoming the Orange Branch and the latter two the Caldwell Branch (see Great Notch (NJT station) ). In 1897, the Erie opened the DB Draw over the Hackensack and the WR Draw over the Passaic providing the company a modernized ROW from its Pavonia Terminal through the Long Dock Tunnel and across the Meadows. The property was acquired directly in 1943 by the Erie Railroad , which merged with
2223-542: The interstate Hudson Tubes (now PATH ) or ferries across the Hudson River before boarding their trains. By 1945, at its peak, more than 100 million passengers a year traveled through Penn Station. By the late 1950s, intercity rail passenger volumes had declined dramatically with the coming of the Jet Age and the Interstate Highway System . The station's exterior had become somewhat grimy, and due to its vast scale,
2280-457: The new Penn Plaza and Madison Square Garden were announced in 1962. In exchange for the air rights to Penn Station, the PRR would receive a smaller underground station at no cost and a 25 percent stake in the new Madison Square Garden Complex. Modern architects rushed to save the ornate building, but to no avail; demolition of the above-ground head house began in October 1963. A giant steel deck
2337-532: The original station opened in 1910. Significant renovations were made to the LIRR areas over a three-year period ending in 1994, including the opening of the Central Corridor passageway and the addition of a new entry pavilion on 34th Street. The 34th Street entry pavilion measures 40 by 50 feet (12 by 15 m) across by 92 feet (28 m) tall and has a glass tower and two air-cooling shafts. The West End Concourse, west of Eighth Avenue, opened in 1986, and
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2394-491: The original still exist in the space. It was renovated in the early 2000s in anticipation of Acela service and includes an enclosed waiting area for ticketed passengers with seats, outlets and Wi-Fi. The ticketed waiting room underwent a $ 7.2 million renovation from 2019 to 2020 that was funded jointly between Amtrak and NJ Transit. The renovation included new furniture and fixtures that feature seats with electrical and USB outlets, an upgraded ceiling with new LED lighting,
2451-619: The rail line. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection , which manages state parks and forests, acquired the property on August 19, 2022. The state purchased the ROW from NS for $ 65 million with the intention to create the Essex–Hudson Greenway . New York Penn Station Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station ) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and
2508-594: The station on an average weekday, or up to 1,000 every ninety seconds. It is the busiest passenger transportation facility in the United States and in North America. Amtrak owns the station and uses it for the following services: All except the Acela, Northeast Regional and Vermonter originate and terminate at Penn Station. Amtrak normally uses tracks 5–12 alongside New Jersey Transit and shares tracks 13–16 with
2565-423: The station was expensive to maintain. A renovation covered some of the grand columns with plastic and blocked off the spacious central hallway with a new ticket office. The Pennsylvania Railroad optioned the air rights, which called for the demolition of the head house and train shed , to be replaced by an office complex and a new sports complex, while the tracks of the station would remain untouched. Plans for
2622-667: The station, while commuter rail services are operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and NJ Transit (NJT). Connections are available within the complex to the New York City Subway and buses. Penn Station is named for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), its builder and original owner, and shares its name with several stations in other cities. The original Pennsylvania Station was an ornate station building designed by McKim, Mead, and White and considered
2679-565: The title New York and Greenwood Lake Railway . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_York_and_Greenwood_Lake_Railway&oldid=296222598 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1878%E2%80%931943) The Montclair Railway
2736-574: The two single-track North River Tunnels were bored from the west under the Hudson River. A second set of four single-track tunnels, the East River Tunnels , were bored from the east under the East River , linking the new station to Queens , the PRR-owned Long Island Rail Road, and Sunnyside Yard in Queens, where trains would be maintained and assembled. Construction was completed on the Hudson River tunnels on October 9, 1906, and on
2793-404: The upper two levels and train platforms on the lowest. The two levels of concourses, while renovated and expanded during the construction of Madison Square Garden, are original to the 1910 station, as are the tracks and platforms. Over the following decades, various renovations attempted to add service and some concourse space. The West End Concourse under Eighth Avenue opened in 1986. In 1987,
2850-514: Was completed in 2023, has freed up track and platform space at Penn Station by redirecting some LIRR trains from Penn Station to Grand Central Madison . This new capacity, as well as track connections resulting from the East Side Access project, will allow Metro-North trains on the New Haven Line to run to Penn Station via Amtrak's Hell Gate Bridge . Four new local Metro-North stations in
2907-462: Was controversial and caused outrage internationally. "One entered the city like a god. One scuttles in now like a rat," the architectural historian Vincent Scully famously wrote of the original station. The controversy over the demolition of such a well-known landmark, and its deplored replacement, is often cited as a catalyst for the architectural preservation movement in the United States. New laws were passed to restrict such demolition. Within
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#17330924495182964-455: Was established in 1867. It was founded by Julius Pratt, who had renamed Montclair, New Jersey , for what was then West Bloomfield. By the mid-1870s it ran between Croxton and Sterling Forest at the New York state line, but the financially unstable railroad went into receivership , and in 1875 became the Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway In 1878 the company was re-organized as the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (NYGL), under control of
3021-456: Was funded jointly between Amtrak and NJ Transit. Renovations included new furniture and fixtures that feature seats with electrical and USB outlets, a new ceiling with new LED lighting, a new information desk, a second entrance in close proximity to the NJ Transit concourse that provides improved access towards the Seventh Avenue side of the Station, two new Passenger Information Display Systems boards that display NJ Transit departure information and
3078-467: Was permanently closed off with concrete Jersey barriers . Escalators providing direct access to the lobby of Madison Square Garden were closed and later removed. The underground Gimbels Passageway connecting pedestrians to 34th Street–Herald Square has been sealed off since 1986, after decades of safety concerns and sexual assaults. Despite the modest renovations, the underground Penn Station continued to be criticized as "reviled", "dysfunctional", and
3135-403: Was placed over the tracks and platforms to allow rail service to continue during construction. Photographs of the day showed passengers waiting for trains even as the head house was demolished around them. This was possible because most of the rail infrastructure (including the waiting room, concourses, and boarding platforms) was below street level. The demolition of the Penn Station head house
3192-443: Was renovated to add the 34th Street LIRR entrance and central corridor, along with artwork and improved waiting and concession areas. The new entrance consisted of a 90-foot-tall (27 m) structure with a glass and brick facade, a clock salvaged from the original station, and air-conditioning units for the terminal. In 2002, the NJ Transit concourse was created in space previously occupied by retail and Amtrak office space, although
3249-405: Was widened and lengthened to cover tracks 5 through 21 in 2017. The NJ Transit concourse near Seventh Avenue opened in 2002 out of existing retail and Amtrak office space. A new street-level entrance to this concourse at the corner of 31st Street and Seventh Avenue opened in September 2009. Previously, NJ Transit used space in the Amtrak concourse. In December 2017, Amtrak and Zyter released
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