MTA considers Metro-North at Penn Station
Photo credit: Bruce Gilbert | A LIRR train at Penn Station. (Jan. 26, 2012)
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering a plan to operate Metro-North Railroad trains into Penn Station, bringing as many as 28,000 more commuters into the nation's busiest train station each weekday and potentially reducing Long Island Rail Road service to and from Manhattan's West Side.
Under its Penn Station Access plan, Metro-North would join the LIRR, Amtrak and NJ Transit...
