A $414-million renovation of Pennsylvania Station’s Long Island Railroad Concourse in New York, New York is complete. The project, awarded to Skanska, AECOM and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill by Penn District Station Developer LLC in 2020, aimed to modernize and widen LIRR’s 33rd Street train hall corridor, while maintaining the station’s daily operations and train service.
The 27-month design-build project encompassed both the design and construction of the reimagined concourse, with a widened corridor, raised ceiling heights, upgraded lighting and wayfinding, new digital information screens, improved mechanical and electrical systems and new architectural finishes, among other station enhancements.
The renovation also improves safety and ADA access from the street to the concourse via a new elevator on 33rd Street, as well as from the concourse to the platforms with rebuilt stairs and handrails, new enclosures for fire protection and a replacement elevator.
The first phase of this project, the East End Gateway, brought sunlight to the subterranean concourse for the first time in decades on the final day of 2020. Now the concourse features a new, luminous ceiling surrounding this entrance, to complement the daylighting and create an inviting atmosphere.
Construction on the project began in January of 2021 and the team achieved substantial completion in March 2023.
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