Inside the MTA's East Side Access Project

Season 26 Episode 5

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.

AIR DATE 2/18/14

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Preliminary Worries with the Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnels

Penn Station Rising

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Compressed Air in the Tunnels

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Inside the MTA's East Side Access Project

Inside the MTA's East Side Access Project

Hudson River Tunnel Shifting

Hudson River Tunnel Shifting

Tunneling the East River

Tunneling the East River

The Destruction of Penn Station

The Destruction of Penn Station

Constructing Pennsylvania Station

Constructing Pennsylvania Station

Confined Labor in the Tunnels

Confined Labor in the Tunnels

The Rise and Fall of Penn Station, Chapter 1

The Rise and Fall of Penn Station, Chapter 1

Penn Station Central Control

Penn Station Central Control

Preliminary Worries with the Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnels

Preliminary Worries with the Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnels

Penn Station Rising

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