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Planned rail station in the Bronx, New York
Hunts Point station is a planned passenger rail station on Metro-North Railroad 's New Haven Line , to be located in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City . The station is planned to open in 2027 as part of the Penn Station Access project, which will add four stations in the Bronx.[2] [3] [4] The station will be located north of Hunts Point Avenue, behind the former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad station, which was designed by Cass Gilbert .[5] [1]
A 63-month design-build contract for the project was issued in December 2021.[6] Groundbreaking took place in December 2022.[7]
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^ a b "Chapter 2: Project Alternatives" (PDF) . MTA Metro-North Railroad Penn Station Access Project: Environmental Assessment and Section 4(f) Evaluation . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 2021. pp. 5, 6.
^ Chen, Stefanos (September 14, 2018). "The Bronx Is Great, Thonx" . The New York Times . Retrieved November 28, 2021 .
^ Young, Liz (June 25, 2021). "Developers of big Bronx project praise plan to open 4 more Metro-North stations" . New York Business Journal . Retrieved November 28, 2021 .
^ Duggan, Kevin (June 16, 2021). "New Yorkers sound off about $1.6B Metro-North expansion to East Bronx" . AM New York . Retrieved November 28, 2021 .
^ Gray, Christopher (November 29, 2009). "Where Ghost Passengers Await Very Late Trains" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.
^ "Governor Hochul Announces MTA to Award Contract for the Metro-North Penn Station Access Project" (Press release). Office of Governor Kathy Hochul. December 15, 2021.
^ https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/transit/2022/12/11/bronx-residents-looking-forward-to-new-metro-north-stations