So how much power does a new LIRR service to east midtown Manhattan need to run trains for 162,000 daily passengers? The East Side Access project is slated to build eleven facility power substations, eight traction power substations and three bulk power substations between Queens and Manhattan. These substations will…
In a remarkable feat of engineering, two massive load transfers were recently completed at the East Side Access project to create space for two future entrances on the 8-track LIRR terminal and concourse being built on the lower track level of Grand Central Terminal. Below 45th Street, crews placed the…
On September 25th The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board unanimously approved a proposed 2020-2024 Capital Program that invests $51.5 billion into the region’s subways, buses and railroads over the next five years to institutionalize and build on the progress of the Subway Action Plan and create a faster, more accessible,…
The MTA today released the 2020-2024 Capital Plan that proposes investing $51.5 billion into the region’s subways, buses and railroads over the next five years. The proposed capital plan includes $5.7 billion for the Long Island Rail Road, which will enable its historic transformation by the planned December 2022 opening of East Side Access and the Main Line Expansion Project. The Main Line Expansion Project is adding a third track on 10 miles of the Main Line corridor, used by 40% of LIRR customers.
As part of the extensive rail network of tunnels and connections that will bring LIRR trains to and from the east side of Manhattan, known as East Side Access, project personnel have now completed concrete placement for the final 80 feet of a vital approach structure in Queens. The 5,000-foot…
The largest pre-fabricated traction power substation in the USA was delivered and assembled in Queens in July as part of the LIRR East Side Access project. The substation was fabricated by Myers Controlled Power, LLC at its facility in North Canton, OH, and delivered to the site in 20 sections…
QUEENS WORK 1. Placing and leveling stone for the base of an approach structure in Harold Interlocking. 2. A crane placing pre-fab modules for a traction power substation in Queens. 3. Demolition of old catenary spans in Harold Interlocking in preparation for installing new ones. 4. Installing new catenary spans…
MANHATTAN WORK 1. Installation of ceiling frames on the lower level platform in the future LIRR Terminal beneath Grand Central. 2. Installation of stone tiles over an archway in the future LIRR Concourse. 3. Installing supports for stainless steel plates between the escalator and the wall at escalator Wellway Two….
MANHATTAN WORK 1. Track work in the Manhattan tunnels leading into the new LIRR Terminal beneath Grand Central. 2. Pouring concrete for a newly graded sidewalk at the northern end of the LIRR concourse. QUEENS WORK 3. Backfilling soil for a power substation in the future Mid-Day Storage Yard. 4….
MANHATTAN WORK 1. Installation of ceiling racks on the lower track level in the west cavern of the future LIRR Terminal. 2. Grading and compacting soil at the north end of the back of house area of the future LIRR Concourse. QUEENS WORK 3. Continued excavation of the final approach…
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