The Metropolitan Transportation Authority quietly developed a plan to dramatically boost capacity at the notoriously clogged Penn Station for $10 billion less than its current proposal to add a new…
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New Jersey Transit shelved a $3 billion plan to boost the number of trains running through Penn Station in favor of a pricy $13 billion expansion of the decrepit transit hub — in part, to avoid working together, The Post has learned.
Stunned transit experts said it appeared the railroads favored the expansion because it would allow them to maintain their fiefdoms and avoid further integrating their Penn Station operations. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New Jersey Transit shelved a $3 billion plan to boost the number of trains running through Penn Station in favor of a pricy $13 billion expansion of the decrepit transit hub.Finding ways to fit more trains into Penn is crucial as construction is set to begin on the new Hudson River rail tunnel, which will eventually double the number of tracks linking the Empire and Garden States.
The railroads would better integrate their routes and fleets so service could continue onward to New Jersey or Long Island, ending the practice of turning trains in Penn, which clogs up the station;
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