Grand Central Terminal set to add trains from Long Island Rail Road
ALBANY - Grand Central Terminal will be getting new passengers: Travelers from the Long Island Rail Road. An unprecedented $11 billion project to run new rail lines from Long Island into Grand Central in midtown Manhattan will bring eight miles of new tunnels and 40 miles of new tracks, providing east side access to commuters from Long Island. LIRR trains come into Manhattan through Penn Station, and the new project — expected to open next year — is the state's largest rail expansion in a century, lowering commutes by as much as 40 minutes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. "This will hav...
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