Monday is the day Long Island Rail Road has started to reroute several of the Grand Central Madison trains to NY Penn Station to better accommodate ridership patterns and reduce overcrowding.
The station had been touted as the antidote to those scourges, and yet many LIRR riders say the The railroad acknowledged the bumpy first week and said some growing pains are expected in connection with the opening of the $11 billion station -- and the historic expansion of rail lines to Grand Central Terminal.
The initial March 3 changes were meant to adapt quickly to the commute reality. Gov. Kathy Hochul also directed the MTA to modify service to improve the commuter experience. She wants more rush hour service to Brooklyn, more cars on trains serving Penn Station to alleviate overcrowding -- and more cars on all trains that exceeded capacity last week.
one involving three track changes and people racing up and down escalators to get to where they needed to beHochul also ordered the MTA to keep monitoring the situation in real-time to determine whether other schedule changes might be needed. Rinaldi says that's always been the plan.
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