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East Side Access

Grand Central Terminal LIRR Terminal - Lower level passenger platform : Lower level passenger platform — media credits (ID:378159)

LIRR Manhattan Tunnel — media credits (ID:255429)

East Side Access : The progress of the East Side Access construction in Long Island City, Queens, as of December 20, 2012. This photo, looking east from underneath Northern Boulevard, shows what will be a track bed leading toward four newly excavated tunnels underneath Sunnyside Yard. The tunnels will connect Grand Central Terminal to the LIRR Main Line and to Sunnyside Yard. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin. — media credits (ID:378160)

View of construction of a newly built concourse underneath the existing lower level of Grand Central Terminal, New York City. The East Side Access project of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) is connecting the Long Island Rail Road to the new concourse — media credits (ID:213077)

View of construction underway on September 19, 2011 for the caverns under Grand Central Terminal, New York City, that will eventually house platforms — media credits (ID:213076)

View of construction of the caverns that will house the new platforms at Grand Central Terminal, New York City — media credits (ID:213078)

63rd Street Tunnel - ventilation structure — media credits (ID:213074)

63rd Street Tunnel - ventilation structure — media credits (ID:213075)

There is a total of 8 media files

General Information

Beginning of works:	2006
Completion:	December 2022
Status:	under construction

Project Type

Function / usage:	Railroad (railway) line

Location

km	Name
	63rd Street Tunnel (1989, in use) Grand Central Terminal LIRR Terminal (2022, under construction) LIRR Manhattan Tunnel (2019, under construction) LIRR Queens Tunnel (2019, under construction)

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Technical Information

Dimensions

	length	3.2 km
	number of tracks	2 - 8
	number of stations	2
	track gauge	1 435 mm

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Participants

Client

MTA Capital Construction

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Relevant Publications

Ofiara, Dennis / Workman, Dean / Willis, Desiree / Sandell, Tyler (2008): Innovations in Rapid Deployment and Redeployment of a TBM for Multiple, Space-critical Excavations - A case study of New York City's East Side Access Project. Presented at: AFTES - Journées techniques, Monaco, 2008, pp. 387-394.

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10064640
Published on:
26/02/2013
Last updated on:
07/04/2022

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