Grand Central Madison, a new destination for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) beneath the eponymous Grand Central Terminal, is so deep below ground—17 stories, to be exact—that approaching trains begin their descent under the East River just as the Manhattan skyline comes into sight. Between bouts of darkness, lights flicker by in newly bored tunnels. And then, the train slows and soon arrives somewhere bright.
When officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) held the signature ribbon-cutting ceremony in late January, the press release pitched it as history in the making. Grand Central Madison was “the first new major downtown rail terminal in
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