Aware, perhaps, of massive cost overruns on many massive government construction jobs, Amtrak’s Andy Byford is warning developers that the Penn Station rebuild will not have an open checkbook.

15 Dec 2025 | 01:21

Affordable is the political word of the year. Now, it’s even come for plans for a new Penn Station.

“What we can’t do is have a beautiful new station that’s unaffordable for the railroads to be able to deliver,” said the official in charge of delivering it, Andy Byford, special adviser to Amtrak, which...