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The service can still be a misery, but at least Penn Station commuters have a better stationscape.
The new West End Concourse for Penn, beneath the landmarked Farley Post Office on Eighth Ave., opened Thursday, surprising commuters who were used to entering the city in a dingy, confusing and cramped place.
“I didn’t believe that it would look this nice,” said John Honig, 42, who commutes an hour and a half from Ronkonkoma. “It’s clean and well-designed.”
The space is the first phase of a project to redevelop the post office into a train hall for LIRR and Amtrak passengers. The development, to be called Moynihan Station for the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), is slated to open in 2020.
geico wrote:They were in the process of installing ticket machines at the very top of the entrance from 8th/33rd as soon as you enter.
However there are no ticket machines in the WEC itself... which means people coming from the 8th ave subway or NJT have to make their way back to the other concourses.
adamj023 wrote:geico wrote:They were in the process of installing ticket machines at the very top of the entrance from 8th/33rd as soon as you enter.
However there are no ticket machines in the WEC itself... which means people coming from the 8th ave subway or NJT have to make their way back to the other concourses.
I see. The entrance upstairs I presume is the Post office building door on the side which leads to the concourse downstairs. I gather they finished the project before the ticket machines could be added. Seens likely they will add more ticket machines after the new ones are installed inside the concourse itself due to the network design, ie placement of electrical and communications. So if they are in process of adding more machines, which I wasn't aware of in the upstairs portion, it is likely the whole area will get new machines and was probablt already in planning stages before I even submitted my suggestion. The machines also have cameras in them and security is also a consideration with the placement as well.
geico wrote:adamj023 wrote:geico wrote:They were in the process of installing ticket machines at the very top of the entrance from 8th/33rd as soon as you enter.
However there are no ticket machines in the WEC itself... which means people coming from the 8th ave subway or NJT have to make their way back to the other concourses.
I see. The entrance upstairs I presume is the Post office building door on the side which leads to the concourse downstairs. I gather they finished the project before the ticket machines could be added. Seens likely they will add more ticket machines after the new ones are installed inside the concourse itself due to the network design, ie placement of electrical and communications. So if they are in process of adding more machines, which I wasn't aware of in the upstairs portion, it is likely the whole area will get new machines and was probablt already in planning stages before I even submitted my suggestion. The machines also have cameras in them and security is also a consideration with the placement as well.
I dont think so because the signage says go upstairs or back towards the exit concourse.
Have not seen any NJT machines on 5-12
geico wrote:Less than a week open and the new concourse already has a busted escalator.
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