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Penn Station Access (PSA) is a public works project underway by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City. The goal of the project is to allow Metro-North Railroad commuter trains to access Penn Station on Manhattan 's West Side, using existing trackage owned by Amtrak.
Metro-North also provides local rail service within the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. Metro-North is the descendant of commuter rail services dating back as early as 1832. By 1969, they had all been acquired by Penn Central. MTA acquired all three lines by 1972, but Penn Central continued to operate them under contract.
Points denote new stations. East Side Access ( ESA) is a public works project in New York City that extended the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) two miles from its Main Line in Queens to the new Grand Central Madison station under Grand Central Terminal on Manhattan 's East Side.
"Penn Station Access is a game changer for a huge and transit-deprived swath of the Bronx. 500,000 residents live within just a mile of the four new Metro-North stations, and many more when you ...
The Penn Station Access plan will extend the Metro-North Railroad to Penn Station by creating four new stations in the Bronx. Brendan Krisel , Patch Staff Posted Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 5:50 pm ET
The service will eventually connect Metro-North's New Haven Line to Penn Station, linking Manhattan, East Bronx, Westchester and CT. Jeff Edwards , Patch Staff Posted Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 11:53 am ET
The Metro-North Railroad (MNCR) is a commuter railroad system serving two of the five boroughs of New York City ( Manhattan and the Bronx ), Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, and Orange Counties in New York, as well Fairfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut. It was established by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1983 to ...
Metro-North Railroad rolling stock. The Metro-North Railroad is a commuter railroad serving northern suburbs of New York City. It principally uses a fleet of electric railcars for its services; diesel locomotives and push-pull coaches are in use as well for non-electrified portions of the system.