Penn Station’s Summer of Hell Arrives Monday. Don’t Get Scorched
- Busiest U.S. commuter rail lines face eight weeks of upheaval
- Patchwork of buses, ferries, subways around New York City
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Commuters in and out of New York’s Pennsylvania Station are bracing for Monday’s start to what Governor Andrew Cuomo has called the "Summer of Hell.”
All three railroads that use the nation’s busiest terminal have warned their riders, veteran sufferers of delays and crowding, of fewer trains during rush hours while Amtrak makes track and signal repairs. For the next eight weeks, few of the 650,000 people who use Penn Station every day will be immune from the work.