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East Side Access (ESA) is a public works project in New York City that extended the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) two miles from its Main Line in Queens to the new Grand Central Madison station under Grand Central Terminal on Manhattan's East Side.
The MTA estimated that East Side Access will be complete in early 2023. By November 2018, two of three East Side Access tunnel portals had been built at Harold Interlocking; the remaining portal had been completed by early 2021. Ultimately, East Side Access opened on January 25, 2023. Other improvements
The East Side Access project, including tunnels under the East River and the East Side of Manhattan, was completed in early 2023; some LIRR traffic has been diverted to Grand Central, freeing up track slots at Penn Station.
Business & Tech LIRR's New East Side Access Now Expected To Open Fully In Early 2023 Shuttle service will be implemented between the LIRR's Jamaica Station and midown, the MTA says.
The opening of East Side Access will allow the expanded services to operate at Moynihan Train Hall, an expansion of Penn Station. Background [ edit ] A 1969 proposal by the North Bronx Transportation Project considered running trains via the Hell Gate Bridge to Penn Station, with travel times estimated to be 25 minutes.
According to the MTA's website, the project known as East Side Access will culminate with the opening of Grand Central Madison, a new terminal along Madison Avenue between 43rd and 48th Streets.
East Side Access (1963–2022) Great Neck Port Washington Branch: Nassau: 1866 ‡ 4 Brookdale (1869–1872) Great River Montauk Branch: Suffolk: 1897 10 Greenlawn Port Jefferson Branch: Suffolk: 1870 9 Greenport Ronkonkoma Branch Suffolk: 1844 14 Greenvale Oyster Bay Branch: Nassau: 1866 7 Week's Station
However, due to delays in the East Side Access project (which would give LIRR riders a second direct route into Manhattan via the 63rd Street Tunnel), Amtrak later pushed back the start date of the East River Tunnels' reconstruction to 2025, and increased the construction time to four years.