63rd Street Tunnel
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The 63rd Street Tunnel is a double-deck subway and railroad tunnel under the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens in New York City. Opened in 1989, it is the newest of the East Rive
The Roosevelt Island station
A tunnel cavern deep under Park Avenue, which now houses a switch to the north of the Grand Central LIRR station. During construction, the temporary narrow gauge tracks ran through the 63rd Street Tunnel's lower level to a staging area in Queens.
Lower level tracks
Tunnel vents in Central Park
East Side Access
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East Side Access is a completed public works project in New York City that extended the Long Island Rail Road two miles from its Main Line in Queens to the new Grand Central Madison station under Gran
63rd Street Tunnel
…carries the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway. The lower level carries Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) trains to Grand Central as part of the East Side Access project. Construction of the 63rd Street Tunnel began in 1969. The tunnel was holed through beneath Roosevelt Island in 1972, but completion of the…
A ventilation tower for the 63rd Street Tunnel
East Side Access Project Information Center
Construction of the station's upper concourse in the Grand Central Terminal's Madison Yard in May 2014. Two of the yard's tracks were kept in service during construction to bring in equipment and remove debris.