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NEW YORK (77WABC) — There will be a delayed opening for the long-awaited, $11.6 billion Long Island railroad terminal beneath Grand Central, the MTA said Wednesday.
Getting the blame — a faulty fan.
The terminal — dubbed “Grand Central Madison” due to its location along Madison Avenue — will connect the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal for the first time ever. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA leaders hoped it would open by years’ end.
Instead, the MTA will at first only run shuttle service between the stop and Jamaica, Queens, during what MTA MTA Chair Janno Lieber said would be a “transition period” lasting three weeks or longer.
Lieber says the MTA wanted to wait until a time when more people are commuting to the city before launching new schedules.
