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At a business and innovation leadership conference hosted by the Long Island Advancement Economic and Development Committee, Long Island Rail Road interim president Catherine Rinaldi discusses the East Side access project to business leaders.

LIRR’s Grand Central connection gets closer

From a project nearly 25 years in the making, commuters looking to connect with Manhattan through the Long Island Rail Road will soon have a new option: Grand Central Terminal. The new … more

By Juan Lasso | 6/10/22

The Glen Street station of the Long Island Rail Road is located on the Oyster Bay line.

North Shore residents talk LIRR service amid ESA

Some residents anticipate the new terminal promised by the 11.1 billion East Side Access project, and see it as a future shortcut in their daily commute, while others are doubtful it will ever be … more

By Alyssa Seidman and Zach Gottehrer-Cohen | 8/30/18

The East Side Access project will enable commuters from Lynbrook and East Rockaway to get to Grand Central without having to go to Pennsylvania Station.

Lynbrook, East Rockaway residents are ready for East Side Access project

The East Side Access project will help ease the burden and congestion of the Long Island Rail Road commute for local residents. more

By Melissa Koenig and Mike Smollins | 8/23/18

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is now at work on the $11.1 billion East Side Access Project, which will bring Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Terminal for the first time.

East Side Access transforming the LIRR

On a plain wall between tracks 113 and 114, a plywood door separates old from new at Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. It is the inconspicuous entrance to the Metropolitan Transportation … more

By Scott Brinton | 8/21/18

The Long Island Rail Road will restore four express trains on the Babylon branch starting Monday, Feb. 24, which officials said will accommodate the MTA's construction projects, such as the East Side Access extension, until mid May.

LIRR restores four Babylon trains to circumvent rail construction

The Long Island Rail Road announced that it will activate new train schedules on Monday, Feb. 24, including the restoration of two eastbound trains during evening rush on the Babylon branch, which … more

By Emily Webb | 2/24/14

Members of the Long Beach City Council are urging the MTA LIRR to restore temporary rush hour service cuts.

Long Beach city officials call on LIRR to restore service cuts

Long Beach city officials are calling on the MTA Long Island Rail Road to restore express train service that has been suspended for the next month, as the agency’s East Side Access Project … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 7/23/12

The final tunnel connecting the Queens and Manhattan sides of the ESAP is slated for breakthrough on July 16. What’s next for the largest ongoing public works project in the country?

What’s next for the East Side Access project?

Nearly 200 feet below the hallowed clock in Grand Central Terminal, below the Oyster Bar, the periwinkle blue ceiling depicting the constellations and the millions of bustling feet, is a world few people imagine. This is the realm of the Sandhogs, a storied union more than 100 years old whose members tunnel, blast and burrow the holes in the ground into which surface-dwelling New Yorkers descend daily on their travels. more

By Chris Connolly | 7/11/12

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