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February 7, 2013 @ 12:00 am
(AP) - A look at New York City's three new underground rail projects.
East Side Access under Grand Central Terminal:
_Brings the Long Island Rail Road to Manhattan's East Side, with 160,000 passengers a day arriving at the new, eight-track Grand Central hub 16 stories below Grand Central Terminal.
_To be completed by 2019.
_Estimated cost is $8.3 million.
No. 7 extension to Manhattan's West Side:
_Links Times Square to the far West Side to attract development to Manhattan's "last frontier" of available land and the Hudson Yards development.
_To open in 2014.
_Estimated cost is $2.1 billion.
Second Avenue Subway on Manhattan's East Side:
_Eases massive congestion on Lexington Avenue subway lines and opens far East Side to commuters.
_First section to open in 2016.
_Estimated cost for first phase is $4.5 billion.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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