East Side Access is an American public-works project being undertaken by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City, New York, designed to bring the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) into a new East Side station to be built below and incorporated into Grand Central Terminal in New York City's Manhattan borough. It is expected to be operational by 2019.
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