Plans for constructing a new train station in Midtown Manhattan's Farley Post Office building progressed further this week as the Moynihan Station Development Corp. awarded a $19-million contract as part of the project's first phase. Under the contract, a joint venture of AECOM, its Tishman Construction unit, and STV will provide construction management services and rail expertise including design reviews, construction staging, and facility planning for the Moynihan Station project, which will expand Pennsylvania Station.
The first phase includes building a train shed through the expansion and enhancing the 33rd Street Connector between Penn Station and the West End Concourse that lies under the grand staircase of the historic post office building on Eighth Avenue. It also includes widening the West End Concourse, new vertical access points, passenger circulation space, and entrances into the West End Concourse through the 31st and 33rd Street corners of the post office.