Moynihan Train Hall [Master Thread]
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Moynihan Train Hall [Master Thread]
This seems hard to believe after so many of decades of NYP's mediocrity, but Amtrak said this week that Moynihan Train Hall will open across 8th Avenue in January of 2021. I don't know if that will include everything--like, will what's supposed to be a vastly better Club Acela be ready then?--or how much wishful thinking plays into that estimate. OTOH, it's not like I'm at liberty to jump on the Acela to check out the space, much less take my mom there and have her tell me if it lives up to the Penn Station she knew growing up in NYC.
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Amazing, finally some good news about Amtrak!
Now if they can fix the Hudson River tunnels, and the tight curves around Baltimore and in Frankford (north of Philadelphia), then that will shave off significant time from the WAS-NYP route.
Also, note that this station will require an even longer walk to get to the 1-2-3 subway lines, although it should be a much shorter walk to the A-C-E subway lines, so I will have to get used to taking the latter route.
Now if they can fix the Hudson River tunnels, and the tight curves around Baltimore and in Frankford (north of Philadelphia), then that will shave off significant time from the WAS-NYP route.
Also, note that this station will require an even longer walk to get to the 1-2-3 subway lines, although it should be a much shorter walk to the A-C-E subway lines, so I will have to get used to taking the latter route.
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A couple weeks ago when I transited NYP, there was signage outside Club Acela directing you to the new Metropolitan Lounge in Moynihan Hall. Totally jumping the gun and very confusing.
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I saw it too -- and asked the agent inside when they expected to move. She said "late December."
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Was booking my next trip to NYP and saw this at the top. When I am in NYC next weekend, it appears it will mercifully be my last time through that pit of Penn Station and my trip in January will be seeing Moynihan train hall, hopefully with the sun shining through.
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So excited for the new train hall!!! I hope they have decent rest rooms that don't smell like a rotted out crotch...
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Amtrak is moving across 8th Avenue. And the tracks aren't moving at all. It's not a big enough difference to require changes to you subway route.
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You sound like the reaction I had when my dry cleaner moved from the lobby of my building to a block away. "Now what am I going to do?," I thought to myself.
Amtrak is moving across 8th Avenue. And the tracks aren't moving at all. It's not a big enough difference to require changes to you subway route.
Amtrak is moving across 8th Avenue. And the tracks aren't moving at all. It's not a big enough difference to require changes to you subway route.
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Well, actually yes. The access to A-C-E should be easy. However, going from the Moynihan Station on 8th to the 1-2-3 lines on 6th will require going through the now-"old" Penn Station, walking 2 blocks, and likely up and down at least two stairs or escalators to get to 1-2-3... Hence the need for me to get used to the A-C-E trains which fortunately stop near my usual destination on West 44th.
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Similarly, it will still be possible to board Amtrak trains from Penn Station (unless for some bizarre reason Amtrak decides to put in a barrier of some form), though some of the advantage of that might be lost if the trains are further west. That said, if assigned seating on the Acela sticks around post-pandemic, that eliminates the only reason I cared about boarding quickly.
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Dumb question but we always board Amtrak in the arrivals area (below the main Penn Station Amtrak waiting area) - it’s where NJT and Amtrak passengers exit into the station. It lets us skip the crazy long lines that are unnecessary. Can we still board the tracks here despite Amtrak moving a block west technically?
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Dumb question but we always board Amtrak in the arrivals area (below the main Penn Station Amtrak waiting area) - it’s where NJT and Amtrak passengers exit into the station. It lets us skip the crazy long lines that are unnecessary. Can we still board the tracks here despite Amtrak moving a block west technically?