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Commuters can also buy a peak or off-peak ten trip ride, a weekly unlimited or an unlimited monthly pass. [57] Monthly passes are good on any train regardless of the time of day, within the fare zones specified on the pass. [57] The LIRR charged off-peak fares at all times during the COVID-19 pandemic. [58]
A promise to build a new LIRR station in Sunnyside to provide access to Penn Station was quietly abandoned by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo ... the MTA estimated the Sunnyside station would cost $53.4 ...
The total cost was estimated (in August 2021) to be $16.1 billion. ... Amtrak trains pass through the station, ... Penn Station operates at capacity during peak ...
The East Side Access project was restarted after a study in the 1990s showed that more than half of LIRR riders work closer to Grand Central than to Penn Station. [18] The cost of the project, estimated at $4.4 billion in 2004, jumped to $6.4 billion in 2006 [ 19 ] and to $11.1 billion by 2017.
The LIRR was in the process of planning improvements to the station's west to allow westbound express trains in the morning rush hour to run via the station's eastbound tracks. [ 60 ] On July 10, 1956, the LIRR began work on a $750,000 project to install reverse signaling on the 15.7 miles of the Main Line between Divide Interlocking in ...
The Final Scoping Document for Penn Station Access called for the New Haven Line to use the Hell Gate Line (pictured) to access Penn Station In November 2000, the Final Scoping Document for Penn Station Access was completed, showing 18 alternatives, including a no-build option, a Transportation Systems Management option, various commuter rail ...
The track would serve LIRR trains to east Midtown, alleviating train traffic into Penn Station on Manhattan's west side while integrating the LIRR with the subway. [6] A fourth track was added to the plans in August 1966 after it was determined that LIRR trains would be too large to run on subway tracks.
The North and East River tunnels were to be built under the riverbed of their respective rivers. The PRR and LIRR lines would converge at New York Penn Station, an expansive Beaux-Arts edifice between 31st and 33rd Streets in Manhattan. The entire project was expected to cost over $100 million. [6]