East Side Access

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public works project rail infrastructure project transportation project

East Side Access is a major New York City rail infrastructure project that brings Long Island Rail Road service into a new terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
East Side Access canonical	3
East Side Access project	2
East Side Access at Grand Central Madison	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public works project ⓘ rail infrastructure project ⓘ transportation project ⓘ
affects	Penn Station capacity allocation ⓘ
benefits	direct LIRR access to East Midtown ⓘ increased LIRR peak-hour capacity into Manhattan ⓘ
boroughServed	Manhattan ⓘ Queens ⓘ
cityServed	New York City ⓘ
connects	Manhattan ⓘ Queens ⓘ
constructionBegan	2000s ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
creates	new LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal ⓘ
electrification	750 V DC third rail ⓘ
formalPlanningPeriod	1990s ⓘ
fundingSource	Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
governingBody	Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board
includes	Grand Central Madison station ⓘ new rail yards and storage tracks ⓘ new tunnels in Manhattan ⓘ new tunnels in Queens ⓘ underground LIRR concourse at Grand Central ⓘ ventilation and service facilities ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
opened	2023 ⓘ
openedToPublic	January 2023 ⓘ
owner	Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
partOf	MTA Capital Program ⓘ
planningBegan	1960s ⓘ
primaryRollingStock	MTA LIRR M7 ⓘ MTA LIRR M9 ⓘ
projectStatus	in operation ⓘ
purpose	bring Long Island Rail Road service to Manhattan’s East Side ⓘ increase LIRR capacity into Manhattan ⓘ reduce travel times for Long Island commuters to East Midtown ⓘ
railGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
railNetwork	Long Island Rail Road ⓘ surface form: Long Island Rail Road network
railOperator	Long Island Rail Road ⓘ
serves	Long Island Rail Road ⓘ
terminalName	Grand Central Madison station ⓘ surface form: Grand Central Madison
terminusAt	Grand Central Terminal ⓘ
usesExistingInfrastructure	63rd Street Tunnel lower level ⓘ
usesTunnelUnder	East River ⓘ Queens waterfront ⓘ surface form: Queensboro Bridge area

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Central Madison → projectName → East Side Access ⓘ

Grand Central Madison → builtAsPartOf → East Side Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Side Access project

East River tunnels → isRelatedInfrastructure → East Side Access ⓘ

subject surface form: East River Tunnels

East Side of Manhattan → hasTransportation → East Side Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Side Access at Grand Central Madison

GCM → partOfProject → East Side Access ⓘ

Grand Central LIRR terminal → partOf → East Side Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Side Access project