With the coming of East Side Access (the massive megaproject that will eventually bring LIRR trains into Grand Central Terminal) the Long Island Rail Road will be blessed with some much needed new capacity on the west end of their system (as their primary western terminal, New York Penn Station, is currently stretched to its maximum capacity). But with all this new west end capacity, the LIRR is going to need some more east end capacity to find places to start these new trains.
So along with the ESA project, the LIRR's capital program also calls for a bunch of ESA-related projects, projects I've nicknamed "step-projects." Most of these projects are designed to increase capacity and flexibility on the east end of things.
Some of these step-projects include the Colonial Road Improvement Project, Massapequa Pocket Track, Farmingdale-Ronkonkoma second track, Jamaica capacity improvements, Port Washington Yard reconfiguration, a new Mid Suffolk Electric Yard, and many others.
Over the coming weeks we'll take a look at these "step projects" as well as provide updates on them as they become available.
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