What to expect with LIRR's Grand Central Madison service
the city. We're going to go through the details of the situation. We're going to go full service to Grand Central Madison begins this morning. While this will make some people's commutes shorter, it will now be longer for others. Fox five Robert Moses joins us live from Grand Central with the change in service. Robert Either way, this is a big deal. Good morning.
Then good morning to you. It sure is a big deal. The first train from Long Island in the city of Grand Central Madison. The train is at 1448 this morning, and that train will usher in a whole new era in commuting in the Tri-state area. Now arriving history after decades of planning and delays. Full Li double R services beginning at Grand Central Madison, the cavernous 700,000 square foot station spanning six blocks of train. The train will be available on the right side of the train.
The train will be available on the right side of the eighth on the north 271 more Li double R trains per weekday increases service system wide to 936 trains per weekday or by 41 percent. 296 of those trains will be tour from Grand Central Madison, giving many customers more of what they need. Time just to give the precious gift of the train to the people who are here today. To celebrate the first extension of the Li double R in more than a century at a cost of more than 11 billion dollars. Governor Kathy Hockel, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, MTA chair and CEO Jann O. Lieber, and the interim Li double R president Kathy Rinaldi rode a train from Grand Central Madison to Jamaica. This project is a game changer for Long Islander and the people who are here today.
The train will be available on the right side of the train. You can get fewer options to get where you're headed. The average New Yorkers asking himself, why did it take so effing long among the reasons 9 11, a lack of funds, Sandy COVID and other delays. But at long last, full service is here much to the relief of many riders. Long time coming for the east and west side to come back to the east. The train will be available on the east side of the train. The train will be available on the east side of the train station along with fewer direct trains to pen and more transfers at Jamaica.
Plus riders on the oyster Bay Line say they lose the weekends. They have two hours gaps in service. That's outrageous. Lieber responded to the naysayers. You have so much more service, so many more trains. You have so much more service, so many more trains. I'm very optimistic.
And the L I double R says it will continue to monitor customer feedback and consider schedule changes where appropriate. We're live at Grand Central Terminal this morning. Dan back to you. All right. Looking for that trains arrival. Robert Thank you very.
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