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There is still much to do one year after the opening of MTAs LIRR $11.6 billion Manhattan East Side Access to Grand Central Madison.

Commuters on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road can expect a lot of changes come Sept. 5. But what the LIRR is touting as simplified trips will be expensive for commuters like Jeffry Brown. A CEO of a company in Manhattan, he is trying to convince his employees to return to work in person, which would require for most taking the Long Island Rail Road. Brown wrote in an email to the Herald that the changes will cost him an additional $120 a month for a municipal parking permit to ...

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The end of direct thru-service from Ja­maica on the Atlantic branch of the Long Is­land Rail Road to Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn was based upon two factors. The LIRR signal, track and interlocking system west of Jamaica did not have the capacity to manage simultaneous services from Atlantic Terminal, Penn Station and Grand Central Madison (not

The railroad’s long-awaited expansion to the East Side of Manhattan has unexpectedly added travel time for some Brooklyn-bound commuters.

After decades of planning and construction and billions of dollars, full service finally begins tomorrow for LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central. It is time to step back and understand how we got here.

I have written for years that the promised time savings of up to 20 minutes each way for a total of up to 40 minutes for most commuters using Grand Central Madison rather than Penn Station was a myth

For well north of a century, there was a duality of sorts regarding New York City's commuter rail system. As of this morning, all conventions are ou...

LIRR service at Grand Central Madison is finally here. Here's everything you need to know about the newest MTA station and the Long Island Rail Road schedule.

More than 20 years in the making, the $11.1 billion project enables LIRR commuters to take a train directly to the east side of Manhattan.