A multibillion-dollar project to connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal may have a nice side effect for people in Harlem at the Metro North 125th Street stop.
Making it possible for Metro-North trains to run directly into Penn Station. The New York Post reports that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority thinks its $7 billion project to allow LIRR trains to Grand Central will free up a lot of track space at Penn Station.
MTA is now studying whether it could bring in Metro-North trains on existing tracks, and possibly add up to four new stations in the Bronx on a line now used by Amtrak.
We’re not sure what the projected revenue for each stop in Harlem might be, but with the additional traffic it could provide significant revenue to Harlem.
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