Penn Station Access is one of the most significant rail expansions in New York City in a generation, bringing Metro-North Railroad service directly into Pennsylvania Station by leveraging Amtrak’s existing Hell Gate Line. The program adds four new fully accessible stations in the East Bronx and creates a second Manhattan terminal for New Haven Line riders, improving regional connectivity and expanding access to jobs, education, and services.

ELECSYS supports the project as part of the broader design–build team, focusing on communications and systems integration—the connective infrastructure that helps a complex rail program function as a single, reliable system. Our engineers provide technical direction and coordination for key communications elements, including fiber-optic backbone networks, facility communications, and interfaces with train control, traction power, stations, and central control facilities.

Because the corridor involves multiple owners and operators—including MTA C&D, Metro-North, and Amtrak—interface management is as critical as the technology itself. ELECSYS works alongside the prime designer and construction joint venture to review concepts, develop design packages, and coordinate requirements across contracts, with close attention to constructability, maintainability, and long-term resilience.

By improving network redundancy and expanding terminal options into Manhattan, Penn Station Access strengthens the region’s ability to keep service moving through disruptions while supporting long-term modernization along the Northeast Corridor.