(25 Jan 2023)

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New York - 25 January 2023
1. Various of LIRR (Long Island Railroad) train arriving at Grand Central Terminal for first time
2. People getting off train
ANNOTATION: After billions of dollars and years of delays, Long Island Railroad now has a home at New York's Grand Central Station.
ANNOTATION: "Grand Central Madison" allows LIRR trains to stop on Manhattan's East Side, which will allow some commuters to save time traveling to and from the city.
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Curtin, Long Island resident:
"This is huge for Long Island. Now we're able to take one train into Grand Central and access the entire east side of the city. It's amazing."
4. Walking shot of Vincent Austin, former excavator, Local 731, helped build the new station's tunnels
ANNOTATION: Vincent Austin was one of the thousands of laborers who helped build the new station.
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Vincent Austin, former excavator, Local 731, helped build the new station's tunnels:
"Oh, it's a wonderful day today. Today's a historical day. I work down here for six years with the sand hogs and I'm just so happy to be. I've been looking forward to this day for a long time. Just so happy. I'm thrilled to be here."
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New York - 25 January 2023
6. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on first LIRR train
ANNOTATION: New York Kathy Hochul rode the first LIRR train into the new section of Grand Central Station.
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Kathy Hochul, (D) New York:
"We got the job done. We are here. We just took the train in from Jamaica Station and it was extraordinary. Smooth, easy, bright. Then you come up the stairs, come up the escalator over 100 feet, and you realize this has been a phenomenal, phenomenal accomplishment to get this project done. "
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8. Hochul on train
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9. Escalator in new section of Grand Central
10. Inside of the new section
11. Various of Yayoi Kusama, "A Message of Love, Directly from My Heart unto the Universe" mosaic in new terminal
12. First train on track
STORYLINE:
For decades, work on a massive transportation project has been grinding 15 stories below the shuffling footsteps of millions of New Yorkers and beneath the East Hudson River and Manhattan skyscrapers.
After years of delays and massive cost overruns, one of the world's most expensive railway projects on Wednesday began shuttling its first passengers between Long Island to a new annex to New York City's iconic Grand Central Terminal.
The new transit center, dubbed Grand Central Madison because of its location along Madison Avenue, is being heralded as an important addition to the nation's busiest railway network, where millions of commuters each day pack trains, slide through subway turnstiles and jostle hurriedly across railway platforms.
"We got the job done," said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The new 700,000-square-foot terminal is adorned with public art which includes a new mosaic by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.
It would be the country's largest new railway station in nearly seven decades and the most significant expansion over the last century of the Long Island Rail Road, the busiest commuter railroad in North America. The two-level concourse supports four platforms and eight tracks.
Much of the construction of the terminal has been complete for months, and its opening has been long awaited — even though some finishing touches won't be complete for another few weeks, officials acknowledged.

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