MTA officials called it 'a transformational moment' for commuters.
As CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff reported, the mega project is expected to dramatically improve capacity and reliability system-wide.
"Six hundred trains, over 900 trains. That's unbelievable, to go that higher level of capacity. What that means is more people have access to a quicker ride, more frequency and less hassle,"The plan is on its maiden voyage, but the $2.6 billion project, shelved for decades amid community opposition, was re-envisioned by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to update the nation's busiest commuter railroad without taking down adjacent homes.
"Any time of delay, it gummed up the whole system, and those delays, a lot of them are true to the fact that you had those low bridges which were frequently getting struck. We eliminated those," Lieber said. "The construction has been a nightmare for us. You can look at this area and that's what we have every day for three years," Garden City resident Haiyan Sui said."Delays are always problematic. Now we have an additional track, so now, God forbid a train goes down, they can route trains around it," Bringmann said.
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