10.30.2025 Bidding Opens for Penn Station’s Long-Delayed Transformation
Six months after taking control of the long-delayed overhaul of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, the Trump administration put out a call on Thursday for ideas on how to begin transforming the transit hub in about two years.
The federal Department of Transportation said it was seeking imaginative proposals for turning the dreary station in Midtown Manhattan, the busiest transportation center in North America, into a world-class gateway to the city. The winning bid would have to involve removing an entire level of the underground station to allow some natural light to reach the main concourse, an Amtrak official said.
The fate of Madison Square Garden, the entertainment arena that has sat on top of the station for more than 50 years, is unclear. Andy Byford, the Amtrak official overseeing the project, has said that proposals may call for relocating the Garden or leaving it in place.