What are some fun facts about Penn Station?

Penn Station was heralded as a celebration of transportation and a gift to New York City. Designing for the future needs of the train station, McKim and Cassatt built an enormous structure able to withstand 200,000 passengers per day for the next 100 years.



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Penn Station is one of the busiest rail hubs in the world, located inside Pennsylvania Plaza between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Chelsea on the...

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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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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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Welcoming passengers taking more than 650,000 daily commuter, transit and intercity trips on Amtrak, NJ TRANSIT, Long Island Rail Road and the subway, the Moynihan Train Hall / New York Penn Station complex is the busiest rail hub in North America and a gateway to the nation's largest city.

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At the same time, Madison Square Garden, a high-rise office and sports complex that still stands today, was built in its place. Though the Penn Station terminal was demolished, the original 1900s tunnels, tracks, platforms and electric traction continue to be used today.

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About the project In November 2021, Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a new plan to transform Penn Station into a first-class, commuter-first transit hub and revitalize the surrounding area. The plan calls for replacing the current cramped Penn Station with a 250,000-square-foot, single-level facility.

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