Inside the MTA's East Side Access Project
Clip: Season 26 Episode 5 | 8m 9s
An exclusive look at New York MTA's subterranean East Side Access project.
Go underground in the MTA's East Side Access caverns and tunnels - just one of the projects in the MTA's portfolio of $18 billion of construction - which will connect Long Island Railroad trains directly to Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal.
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Inside the MTA's East Side Access Project
Clip: Season 26 Episode 5 | 8m 9s
Go underground in the MTA's East Side Access caverns and tunnels - just one of the projects in the MTA's portfolio of $18 billion of construction - which will connect Long Island Railroad trains directly to Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal.
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