Moynihan Train Hall to open Jan. 1

A new Amtrak facility at New York Penn Station is expected to open on Jan. 1.

The opening of the Moynihan Train Hall will complete a three-year $1.6 billion project that will double the size of Penn Station.

The train hall is located across 8^th Avenue from the existing Penn Station inside the James A. Farley Post Office Building.

Amtrak has posted on YouTube.com an animated “fly through” video of the train hall.

A signature feature of the train hall is a 92-foot-high glass skylight over an atrium.

Other features include a new reserved customer waiting room, free WiFi service throughout the hall, Red Cap service, and a new Metropolitan Lounge including increased food and beverage offerings.

The train hall is closed between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. but offers full Amtrak services between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.

Penn Station is open 24 hours a day. Tracks 1-4 will be accessible only from Penn Station, while tracks 5-16 will be accessible from the train hall, which is named after the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

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