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Grand Central Madison, the new terminal located below Grand Central Terminal and Madison Avenue from 43rd Street to 48th Street, is expected to begin service later this year, officials announced.
The proposed train schedules, announced on Tuesday, June 2, include details for the largest LIRR service expansion in history, according to the announcement from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
MTA said the expansion includes 274 additional trains per weekday.
The timetables can be found here.
“It is no exaggeration to say that there is no railroad or public transportation system in America that is getting bigger service increases than the LIRR will be getting in a few short months,” said Catherine Rinaldi, interim president of MTA Long Island Rail Road and President of MTA Metro-North Railroad. “Constraints that have long put a ceiling on how much service the LIRR can operate are falling away as we bring online two long-awaited megaprojects: the opening of LIRR service to Grand Central Madison, and LIRR Main Line Third Track.”
In the new timetables, the LIRR is proposing to add 44 morning rush hour peak-direction trains to Manhattan, along with 60 additional afternoon peak direction rush hour trains, MTA said.
MTA said the LIRR plans to hold virtual information sessions about the new timetables at the following times:
- Thursday, June 23 – 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Thursday, June 30 – 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Thursday, July 7 – 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
A virtual public meeting will then be held on Wednesday, July 13, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., to give the public the chance to comment on the timetables, MTA said.
More information about the meeting and information sessions will be posted here.
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