Infrastructure Renewal Advances At New York Penn Station

Work underway to improve service reliability at critical transportation hub
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NEW YORK – Amtrak engineering forces continue the ongoing infrastructure renewal work at New York Penn Station, a series of major projects that will strengthen and improve operations and reliability at North America’s busiest transportation hub. A normal weekday sees more than 1,300 daily train movements at Penn Station with each of the station’s 21 tracks in use every two minutes. The ongoing work will help increase service reliability and preserve the existing operational flexibility for the users of Penn Station. This effort also includes preparation for the extensive and accelerated maintenance in “A” interlocking that will take place this summer, beginning in July.

Renewal and maintenance recently completed includes:

Renewal of 125 feet of station track 7 at east end limits including the replacement of 600 railroad ties
Total switch replacement consisting of several sections within tracks 3X and 4X in “A” interlocking (west side of Penn Station)
Wood, timber and rail replacement within “JO” interlocking (east side of Penn Station)
Replacement of 96 block ties in Line 1 of the East River tunnels
Replacement of block ties within station tracks 2 and 10
Positioning of equipment in New York and New Jersey in preparation for the extensive summer work in July and August
Daily maintenance work