A version of this article appears in print on May 25, 2025, Section A, Page 24 of the New York edition with the headline: To Overhaul Penn Station, U.S. Turns to ‘Train Daddy’.

New Yorkers have greeted U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s announcement last week of a federal takeover of the Pennsylvania Station improvement project with weary skepticism. That skepticism ...

Train Stations Are for Dining, Too We found restaurants (and one amazing sausage stand) in stations in Paris, New York, Kyoto and beyond, where travelers can eat well before or after their journeys.