Travel & Transportation

New York’s New Penn Station Is the Marketing Opportunity Amtrak Has Been Dreaming Of

Moynihan Train Hall could help the railroad position itself as a premium travel option

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Moynihan Train Hall reintroduces a sense of occasion missing from train travel for half a century. Amtrak

By Robert Klara

January 6, 2021

In 1963, when the Pennsylvania Railroad took a wrecking ball to its opulent Manhattan train station—a Beaux-Arts colossus of pink granite modeled off the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome—Yale architecture professor Vincent Scully lamented the loss with words that have since become famous.

Robert Klara
@UpperEastRob robert.klara@adweek.com Robert Klara is a senior editor, brands at Adweek, where he specializes in covering the evolution and impact of brands.
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