Last week, the New York Transit Museum held a virtual program presented by Paul Grether, LIRR's Executive Director for East Side Access Rail Activation and now the Acting Chief of the Grand Central Madison Concourse Operating Company, a new MTA subsidiary agency created to operate and maintain the East Side Access facilities separate from LIRR.
Mr. Grether gave an excellent presentation outlining the many steps and activities that LIRR and MTA Construction and Development had to take in the weeks and months leading up to the opening of East Side Access last January to ensure that the railroad was ready to and capable of safely operating the new facility. The presentation details the extensive safety tests, integrated systems tests, train clearance tests, staff training, simulated service, and other requirements that MTA and LIRR needed to complete and satisfy for regulators before they could bring passengers into the new facility. The presentation is about an hour long and is worth watching.
You can watch the recording of the presentation on the NYTM's YouTube channel or embedded below.
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