15 Years Ago Today....Penn Station Access. On Sunday, November 22, 2009, NJTR 4612 (ALP-46) led MTA Metro-North Railroad Train 3141 from New Haven, Connecticut to New York Penn Station. The train is seen stopping at Bridgeport, Connecticut. During the 2009-2010 National Football League season, Metro-North and New Jersey Transit teamed up to coordinate 3 round trips for 1:00 PM games for both the Giants and Jets with an ALP-46 and 9-10 Multi-Level cars. Passengers would await a crew change at NYP, then change trains in Secaucus for the Meadowlands Stadium. In the following years, it would be changed to single level equipment, and ultimately with a single round trip before being discontinued. Though a number of factors led to the lack of success of this particular service, leading the list is that it was not operated for other game times or days than 1:00 PM on Sundays, meaning that those who had season parking passes had to keep them to attend the rest of the games. But for a few football seasons on select Sundays, there was a Penn Station Access service, which is projected to return 7 days a week for the general commuting public in 2027.
