The $ 1.6 billion project to replace Penn’s narrow, dark Manhattan station with a light-filled train hall is completed this week, with the first trains running on New Year’s Day.
The new 255,000-square-foot station is named after U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat who supported the project and died in 2003. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also a Democrat, announced Sunday that the Moynihan train hall will be completed on time and on budget. on Thursday, despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Work began in 2017 to turn the Farley Post Office landmark into a new station opposite the old Penn station. It will be used by Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak passengers.
“This monumental achievement is a stroke of hope as we emerge from one of the darkest periods in our history and send a clear message to the world that while we have suffered greatly as a result of this health crisis once in a century “The pandemic has not stopped us from dreaming and building for the future,” Cuomo said in a statement.