LIRR Trains Finally Arrived in New York’s Grand Central: After 15 Years of Construction, There’s Already a Connection to JFK Airport via AirTrain

After, after years of delays and cost overruns, Restricted by problems with the ventilation system added one last hurdle, The Grand Central Madison project cost $12.7 billion and took 15 years. Much more than a plan initially estimated in the 1990s at $2.8 billion that would take less than a decade to build, he recalled. Daily news.

Tickets will be accepted to and from Long Island and Penn Station (Manhattan West) points on the Jamaica-Grand Central Line Both terminals are located in the same MTA fare area.

Planning for the project began under Governor George Pataki in the 1990s, but construction didn’t begin until 2008. LIRR’s new Manhattan platforms extend from East 43rd St. to East 48th St. in giant caverns 175 feet below street level.

Last May Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the new train platforms would allow the LIRR to increase the number of morning rush hour trains to New York City from 113 to 158 and the number of rush hour trains to New York City from 98 to 115. To Long Island.

Open to the public since 1913, Grand Central Terminal’s exterior and interior design has won numerous accolades, including a US National Historic Landmark. It is one of the most photographed and surfed tourist attractions in the world, with 67 million passengers annually.second only in traffic in the United States to Penn Station in western Manhattan. In 1998 this huge railway station was re-launched.