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Governor Hochul joined the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to take a special Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) test train to Grand Central Terminal and gave the public one of the first-ever looks at the new 350,000-square-foot East Side Access passenger terminal there.
The long-anticipated and long-delayed rail route from Long Island to Grand Central Terminal is nearing reality
"East Side Access is one of North America's largest transportation projects--an audacious $11 billion idea changing the entire regional transportation system," Governor Cuomo said.
After 50 years, the MTA's <a href=" https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-cuomo-mta-lirr-grand-central-east-side-access-20210527-dbfwndbpdzgipb5qsm2wbfobha-story.html">East Side</a> Access project is nearly finished. The seven-block train hall will bring the LIRR trains directly to Grand Central terminal.
Governor Cuomo announced the completion of civil construction on East Side Access - the MTA's megaproject connecting the Long Island Rail Road to a new 350,000-square-foot passenger terminal under Grand Central Terminal.