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New 33rd Street Corridor at Penn Station

Dec 11 2019
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East End Gateway and LIRR Concourse Ticket Window - 12-11-19

LIRR’s Penn Station Ticket Office Temporarily Relocated as New Penn Entrance Project Progresses

By | New 33rd Street Corridor at Penn Station

The transformation of Penn Station continues to move forward, with construction related to the East End Gateway and LIRR Concourse project requiring the temporary relocation of the LIRR’s Ticket Office. On Wednesday, the now-former ticket office was closed as the relocated Ticket Office, with six ticket windows, opened between the…

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Jun 13 2019
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LIRR Train Hall (Rendering) - May 2019

MTA to Begin Transformational Work to Build New Seventh Avenue Penn Station Entrance and Expand and Brighten LIRR Concourse

By | New 33rd Street Corridor at Penn Station

Monday, June 17, marks the start of a major renovation effort to transform the customer experience at Penn Station. The project will focus on improving access along the 33rd Street Corridor and 7th Avenue entrance, and includes a dramatic new entrance pavilion that will introduce natural light into the station environment.

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Mar 19 2019
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MTA Outlines Penn Station Enhancement Plans

By | Moynihan Train Hall, New 33rd Street Corridor at Penn Station

At February’s MTA LIRR Committee Meeting, MTA Chief Development Officer Janno Lieber discussed plans for enhancements to be made at Penn Station to improve customer access, convenience and safety. The critical infrastructure project focuses on improving access via the 33rd Street Corridor and 7th Avenue entrance.  The redesign of the…

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Mar 18 2019
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New 33rd Street Corridor 03-19-19 (Rendering)

MTA CC Chief Development Officer Janno Lieber Discusses New 33rd Street Corridor Project with MTA Board of Directors

By | New 33rd Street Corridor at Penn Station

On February 25, 2019, MTA CDO Janno Lieber discussed the New 33rd Street Corridor Project with the MTA Board of Directors. Each day, hundreds of thousands of passengers traverse the corridors of Penn Station, leading to crippling congestion.  An LIRR Penn Station Critical Infrastructure Project, the new 33rd Street Corridor…

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Mar 15 2019
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More space, accessibility part of $600 million Penn Station makeover

By | New 33rd Street Corridor at Penn Station, Project Update

Long Island Rail Road commuters are closer to a brighter, more spacious and easily accessible Penn Station now that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board has approved a $600 million modernization project officials say will transform the station’s cramped LIRR concourse into a “world-class” transit hub.

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Dec 13 2017
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MTA Board Approves Contract for Transformative LIRR Modernization

By | Accabonac Road Bridge and North Main Street Bridge, Baldwin Station, Bayside Station, Bellmore Station, Bellmore Substation, Brentwood Station, Buckram Road Bridge, Carle Place Station, Carle Place Substation, Cherry Lane Bridge, Cherry Valley Road Bridge, Covert Avenue Grade Crossing, Deer Park Station, Double Track, East Hampton Station, East Side Access, East Yaphank Station, Farmingdale Station, Floral Park Parking Re-Surfacing, Floral Park Station, Floral Park Substation, Flushing Main Street Bridge, Flushing Main Street Station, Glen Cove Bridge, Great Neck Station, Hicksville Parking, Hicksville Station, Hicksville Substation, Jamaica Capacity Improvements, LIRR Expansion Project, Lynbrook Viaduct, Main Street Grade Crossing, Meadowbrook Parkway Bridge, Meadowbrook Substation, Merillon Avenue Station, Merillon Avenue Substation, Merrick Station, Mid-Suffolk Train Storage Yard, Mineola Harrison Avenue Parking Structure, Mineola Main Street Parking, Mineola Second Street Parking, Mineola Station, Mineola Substation, Morris Park Diesel Locomotive Shop, Moynihan Train Hall, Murray Hill Station, Murray Hill Substation, Nassau Boulevard Bridge, New 33rd Street Corridor at Penn Station, New Cassel Substation, New Hyde Park Road Grade Crossing, New Hyde Park Road Surface Lot, New Hyde Park Station, New Hyde Park Substation, New M9 Rail Cars, Northport Station, Nostrand Avenue Station, Ocean Avenue Substation, Plainfield Avenue Bridge, Port Jefferson Station, Port Washington Substation, Positive Train Control, Post Avenue Bridge, Press Release, Project Update, Rockville Centre Viaduct, Ronkonkoma Station, Rosedale Substation, Sandy Substation Restoration, School Street Grade Crossing, South 12th Street Grade Crossing, South Tyson Avenue Bridge, Springfield Boulevard Bridge, Stewart Manor Station, Stony Brook Station, Syosset Station, Tanners Pond/Denton Avenue Bridge, Urban Avenue Grade Crossing, Valley Stream Station, Wantagh Station, Webster Avenue Bridge, Westbury North Parking Structure, Westbury South Parking Structure and LIRR Lot Development, Westbury Station, Westbury Substation, Willis Avenue Grade Crossing, Wreck Lead Bridge, Wyandanch Station
Historic Project Will Improve Railroad Infrastructure, Eliminate Seven Street-Level Railroad Crossings, Improve Railroad Bridges, Add Third Track to Busiest LIRR Corridor The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board on Wednesday approved a design-build contract with 3rd Track Constructors (3TC), to complete the design and construction of the crucial Long Island Rail Road...
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Sep 12 2017
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LIRR Transformation Underway

By | Baldwin Station, Bellmore Station, Brentwood Station, Carle Place Station, Deer Park Station, Double Track, East Hampton Station, Farmingdale Station, Floral Park Station, Flushing Main Street Station, Great Neck Station, Hicksville Station, Jamaica Capacity Improvements, LIRR Expansion Project, Merillon Avenue Station, Merrick Station, Mid-Suffolk Train Storage Yard, Mineola Station, Moynihan Train Hall, New 33rd Street Corridor at Penn Station, New Hyde Park Station, Northport Station, Port Jefferson Station, Ronkonkoma Station, Stewart Manor Station, Stony Brook Station, Syosset Station, Valley Stream Station, Westbury Station, Wyandanch Station

A $5.6 billion transformation of the Long Island Rail Road is underway, the biggest slate of investments the railroad has received in decades. All told, the money will fund 100 LIRR capital projects and radically upgrade the customer experience of the nation’s second largest commuter railroad. By the time all…

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