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In December 2022, the MTA announced the launch of an additional fare for use on journeys that utilize both of its railroad systems via Grand Central. The fare is priced as $8 more than an adult off-peak ticket from an origin station on one system to Grand Central. It is valid on both peak and off-peak trains. [117] [118]
Some 40% of LIRR passengers coming from and going to Manhattan were using Grand Central Madison—less than the 45% the MTA expected but up from the 30% the station began opened with. The station served about 80,000 LIRR riders daily, and LIRR customer satisfaction had increased to 70 percent. [ 162 ]
The token did not always change with the fare: in 1972, when the fare increased from 30 to 35 cents, the MTA simply raised the prices of existing tokens [58] (although a change in token size had been mulled [103]). Another fare rise in 1980, which brought the fare from 50 to 60 cents, did result in the issuance of a 1mm smaller token (now 22mm ...
Jamaica is a major train station of the Long Island Rail Road located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City.With weekday ridership exceeding 200,000 passengers, [8] it is the largest transit hub on Long Island, the fourth-busiest rail station in North America, and the second-busiest station that exclusively serves commuter traffic.
The MTA planned a new station in Sunnyside, Queens, once East Side Access was completed. [6] [7] The MTA later proposed in their 20-year needs assessment for 2025 to 2044 that Sunnyside station serve both the LIRR and the Metro-North Railroad, with the latter providing service to Penn Station after Penn Station Access is completed. [8]
A promise to build a new LIRR station in Sunnyside to provide access to Penn Station was quietly abandoned by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration in 2016 as the East Side Access project to ...
A different fare payment system is used on the LIRR and Metro-North. Both railroads sell tickets based on geographical "zones" and time of day, charging peak and off-peak fares. Tickets may be bought from a ticket office at stations, ticket vending machines (TVMs), online through the "WebTicket" program, or through apps for iOS and Android ...
The station is located in the Rosedale neighborhood of Queens, New York City, at Sunrise Highway (NY 27), Francis Lewis Boulevard, and 243rd Street. The station is included in the MTA's CityTicket program.