“Just a 22 minute ride from Jamaica to the East Side of Manhattan!” she tweeted.īut Lieber noted that the time savings would benefit more than Long Islanders, because he said that the Long Island Rail Road has more than 20 stations in Queens.
Lieber emphasized the time that commuters would save with the Grand Central connection, as did Gov. The transit authority has warned that lower revenue could mean a budget gap of nearly $3 billion by 2025, and it is already considering raising the $2.75 base subway and bus fare twice by then - to $2.90 next year and $3.02 in 2025. Weekday ridership on the Long Island Rail Road averages about 65 percent of prepandemic levels, roughly the same proportion as on the subways. The new service is beginning at a time when transit patterns remain a question mark as many workers continue hybrid work arrangements. That will reduce what Lieber called “the craziness” at overcrowded Pennsylvania Station, until now the only destination for Long Island trains in Manhattan. The transit authority predicts that the new service will change the way Long Island passengers commute, because about 45 percent of them go to Grand Central.
Eventually, passengers can change there for trains on 10 of its 11 branches and zones - and the new line will stop at another station for passengers on the other branch.
For the first few weeks, the Long Island Rail Road will run with only limited service between Grand Central and its Jamaica station in Queens.
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