New York’s long-delayed plan to bring Long Island Rail Road trains to Grand Central Terminal was finally realized on Wednesday … capping a project that’s as old as the MTA itself.
The first train passengers snapped photos of the brand new Grand Central Madison terminal.It was another delay for the project, which was one of the more notoriously mismanaged public works projects in the city’s history. The MTA in the late 1990s estimated its cost at $2.8 billion — with a construction timeline of 10 years. The price tag grew to $6.3 billion in 2006, the year the federal government agreed to pay $2.
The plan to bring LIRR trains to the East Side through a new river tunnel dates back to 1968, when the MTA was formed under former Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. With the terminal finally open, LIRR riders heading to the East Side could save up to 40 minutes of commuting time a day, according to the MTA. One of the escalators to a platform stopped working less than two hours after the station opened. Thomas Fiscoe, a 36-year-old Brooklynite, said he was on the escalator when it broke down.The new terminal has no bathrooms or sitting areas on the platforms. The MTA built retail space in the station, but the storefronts were vacant on its opening day.
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