The
Long Island Rail Road reached a milestone on Sunday by testing its
almost complete East Side Access into the city.
Gov.
Kathy Hochul went aboard a LIRR test train heading to Grand Central
Terminal. The new 350,000-square-foot station is the largest train terminal to
be built in the U.S. since the 1950s.
Officials
are hoping the new train service will reduce crowding on commuter rails.
The
new route and station will officially open in Dec. 2022.