Long Island Rail Road service would have to be cut to accommodate an MTA plan to link three new Bronx Metro-North stations to Penn Station by 2027, according to Amtrak.

But the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority this week called the idea — which follows project delays the agency has blamed on Amtrak — a "nonstarter."

In October, the MTA said its $2.9 billion Penn Station Access project had fallen at least three years behind schedule.

The project aims to link Metro-North's New Haven line to the LIRR's longtime Manhattan home, Penn Station, and also open three new stations in the Bronx at Co-Op City, Morris Park and Parkchester. Originally scheduled to be completed by 2027, the MTA said the project won't be done until 2030 at the earliest and could possibly stretch in

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