Full Long Island Rail Road service into Grand Central Terminal is finally set to begin on Monday, significantly increasing service capacity on the railroad and bringing a new, augmented schedule for riders.
The governor said the overall project — the first expansion of the LIRR in 112 years — was one of “genius” logic, creating a more integrated transit network bringing people right where they’re going or throughout the metropolitan area.
“When you’re on a train, every minute matters,” the governor said at the opening ceremony on Sunday, noting in particular those who wake up early in the morning to get to midtown service jobs. “Just to give the precious gift of 40 more minutes to the woman who cleans the rooms of the hotels or people who work the elevators, make the food for us, that is what I’m so happy about.
“Giving people that sense of confidence, giving them time back, their job is waiting for them, and there’s no stopping us now,” Hochul continued. “We are on the verge of accelerating the New York comeback story with this project alone.” The opening has been a very long time coming: the “East Side Access” project was first envisioned in the 1960s and started in earnest in the 1990s, and in the intervening 25 years became a
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