Construction starting today at New York Penn Station to affect Long Island Rail Road riders

By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; January 7, 2019

LIRR riders could find their regular trains more crowded than usual, diverted to a different location or canceled altogether when the latest round of construction-related service disruptions begins at Penn Station today.

As the next phase of Amtrak’s infrastructure renewal project at Penn Station starts, the LIRR will operate with one less track at the Manhattan transit hub for at least the next three months — restricting the railroad’s capacity to run trains to and from its main terminal.

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