Are Penn Station and Moynihan Train Hall connected?

Customers can exit New York Penn Station onto 8th Avenue, cross 8th Avenue and enter Moynihan Train Hall at any entryway. Or, customers can walk between Moynihan Train Hall and New York Penn Station on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) concourse level through the Moynihan Lower Concourse.



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Moynihan Train Hall and New York Penn Station operate as one complex. Though Amtrak maintains a presence at Penn Station, Moynihan Train Hall is our new home in New York City. You can reach both stations from the platforms of Tracks 5 - 21.

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The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall was designed to transform the travel experience for Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) passengers by offering direct access to Tracks 13-16, with access to Tracks 17-21 available by way of the West End Concourse.

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Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere, serving more than 600,000 passengers per weekday as of 2019.

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Moynihan Train Hall, the home of Amtrak across the street from Penn Station, also has no public seating.

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Many of the lines don't make any money or are operated at a loss. To accommodate the money-losing routes, Amtrak uses profits from its popular lines, such as the Northeast Corridor. Since this is one of the most popular routes, Amtrak can charge higher prices and send those profits to other, less profitable lines.

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Completed in 1910, the original Penn Station was intended to symbolize not only its powerful corporate owner but also New York's status as the most vital city in a nation that was becoming a political and economic superpower.

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Though the station is open twenty-four hours a day, it is not permitted to sleep on either the floor or the benches. This rule was introduced to prevent the city's homeless from settling in for the night, but it could easily be applied to transiting passengers late at night.

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Because Penn Station and Grand Central are two separate facilities and are not linked, the only other option for increased service to Penn is for the LIRR to purchase more trains and double the number of train crews, both of which would be too costly to operate.

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The Penn Stations in New York City, Newark, New Jersey, and Baltimore are remnants of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's network, says Travis Harry, director of museum operations at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

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The Penn Station name extends from the fact that the old Pennsylvania Railroad built many of these stations back in the early 20th century. At that time, different railroad companies typically used different stations, especially in major cities or towns, so the station usually took the name of the company.

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The Penn Station name extends from the fact that the old Pennsylvania Railroad built many of these stations back in the early 20th century. At that time, different railroad companies typically used different stations, especially in major cities or towns, so the station usually took the name of the company.

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