The common belief among New York-area railroads is that Penn Station requires very long dwell times, despite evidence suggesting otherwise.
A yet-unreleased consultant report that the presentation draws from miscalculates the space requirements for trains, overestimating by a factor of 5-10.
Despite the high passenger turnover at city center stations like Penn Station, dwell times remain in the range of tens of seconds, not minutes.
Critics of the expansion plan argue that digging up an entire block south of Penn Station is unnecessary and exorbitantly costly, estimating $16.7 billion in expenses.
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