Its walls are decorated with depictions of New York City buildings and landscapes.
The concourse, which was constructed in 1994 as part of a renovation to the LIRR's section of Penn Station, provides access to the seventeen tracks served by Moynihan Train Hall. Located under the grand staircase of the post office, the concourse was widened to serve nine of Pennsylvania Station's 11 platforms, and new street entrances were opened from the southeast and northeast corners of the Farley Building. Part of the Moynihan Train Hall project is an expansion of the preexisting West End Concourse under the eastern side of the Farley Building. These include a ticketing and baggage area, a waiting lounge, conference spaces, and a balcony 20 ft (6.1 m) above the hall. Moynihan Train Hall contains passenger facilities for Amtrak, its primary tenant.
The hall also includes 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m 2) of retail space. Īt the 31st Street entrance, Elmgreen & Dragset created a sculptural group, The Hive, that depicts skyscrapers hanging from the ceiling. Along an 80-foot (24 m) stretch of wall, Stan Douglas's photographic panels, Penn Station's Half Century, depicts passengers of the original Penn Station. Kehinde Wiley designed a stained-glass triptych on the ceiling, named Go. The space contains three permanent artworks. A four-faced clock, measuring 12 feet (3.7 m) tall and more than 6 feet (1.8 m) across each of its sides, is at the center of the passenger concourse. It consists of a 31,000 sq ft (2,900 m 2) passenger concourse underneath a 92 ft (28 m) tall glass skylight. The 486,000 sq ft (45,200 m 2) complex was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Construction of the train hall proper commenced in 2017, and it opened January 1, 2021. A first phase, involving an expansion of a concourse under the Farley Building, started in 2010 and was completed in June 2017. Amtrak withdrew as a tenant in 2004, but returned after the Farley Building was sold to the New York state government in 2006. However, several previous plans had failed because of a lack of funding and logistical difficulties. The project had been in consideration since the early 1990s, with the first blueprints made public in 1993. The hall is decorated with three artworks: a ceiling triptych named Go, a group of photographic panels, and a sculptural group. Moynihan Train Hall includes retail space, a 320-seat waiting area, and public restrooms. The $1.6 billion renovation restored the Beaux-Arts Farley Building, a designated landmark, and added a central atrium with a glass roof. The 486,000 sq ft (45,200 m 2) complex was built to alleviate congestion in Penn Station, which saw 650,000 daily riders before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The building's Beaux-Arts exterior resembles that of the original Penn Station both buildings were designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White. Senator who had originally championed the plan. The hall is named after Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the U.S. Located between Eighth Avenue, Ninth Avenue, 31st Street, and 33rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, the annex provides new access to most of Penn Station's platforms for Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road passengers, serving 17 of the station's 21 tracks. Moynihan Train Hall is an expansion of Pennsylvania Station, the main intercity and commuter rail station in New York City, into the city's former main post office building, the James A.
Note: Interlocking towers A, KN, C, and JO have been deactivated.
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