There are also promised increased reverse commuter rush hour service for all eight LIRR branches. Once Main Line Third Track is completed at a cost of $2.6 billion, the LIRR has plans to expand Ronkonkoma branch rush hour Penn Station service. The LIRR invested $450 million to complete double tracking on the Ronkonkoma branch. Metro North also has future plans ($200 million) to run additional service from Poughkeepsie via Amtrak Empire Corridor Hudson Line down the Manhattan West Side. Cuomo has promised many other new commuter rail services besides the Metro North Penn Station Access project that are competing for the same non-existent Penn Station capacity. What about the need for mid-day storage at either the LIRR West Side or Amtrak/NJ Transit Sunnyside Yards? Currently no such agreements exist for either arrangement. Service implementation is dependent upon the LIRR giving up Penn Station rush hour track space. The MTA will have to find $805 million under the next Five Year 2020 – 2024 Capital Program for completion of work. There is only $695 million currently available toward the $1.5 billion needed to fully fund this project. NEW YORK, NY - JanuThere are fatal flaws in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement of new Metro North service from Westchester and the East Bronx via the Hell Gate Bridge and Sunnyside Queens to Penn Station. Larry Penner, Transportation Historian, Advocate, and Writer, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large on Westchester On the Level – Wednesday, Febru EST His work included the review, approval and oversight for billions of dollars in capital assistance grants to the MTA, including Metro North. Larry Penner is a transportation historian, advocate, and writer who previously worked for the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office for 31 years.
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