Moynihan Train Hall

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Moynihan Train Hall is the head house serving the western end of Pennsylvania Station, the main intercity and commuter rail station in New York City. It occupies part of the James A. Farley Building, the city's former main post office in Midtown Manhattan, a designated landmark that occupies the city block bounded by Eighth Avenue, Ninth Avenue, 31st Street, and 33rd Street. The train hall provides access to 17 of Penn Station's 21 tracks: all of the Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road platforms but none of the ones that serve NJ Transit. The hall is named for Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the U.S. senator who originally championed the redevelopment project. The Farley Building's Beaux-Arts exterior resembles that of the original Penn Station; both buildings were designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White. The train hall was built to alleviate congestion in Penn Station, which saw 650,000 daily riders before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The $1.6 billion renovation produced a 486...

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