New restaurants planned at Grand Central Terminal

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- Grand Central Terminal is making space for two new sit-down restaurants.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Monday that it's making two sizeable new spots available for dining in the historic train station.

One space is a roughly 12,000-square-foot expanse that once was a waiting room in the area called Vanderbilt Hall. The former waiting room has been used in recent years for special events. The second space is a 4,700-square-foot area that's been used for storage. It's above the Grand Central Market area of eateries. "Vanderbilt Hall is visually stunning, and a restaurant above the vibrant Grand Central Market promises to have tremendous cachet," said MTA Chairman Joseph J. Lhota. The new restaurants, which will be available for 2013 openings, will benefit from increased foot traffic during the Terminal's centennial year, which kicks off in February. Centennial activities are planned throughout the Terminal and in Vanderbilt Hall all year long. With 750,000 visitors per day, Grand Central Terminal is the second most-visited place in New York City after Times Square. ---
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LIRR move to Grand Central delayed 4 years

A train arrives to the Astor Place station early Friday, Dec. 16, 2005 in New York. (AP Photo/ Dima Gavrysh)

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK -- It now appears Long Island Rail Road trains won't be stopping at Grand Central Terminal until 2019.

That's the word Tuesday from Joseph Lhota, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Lhota made the revelation at a meeting of business leaders on Long Island.

The MTA is building a new tunnel under the East River to allow LIRR trains access to Grand Central. Now, all LIRR trains go to Penn Station, on Manhattan's west side.

Lhota says there have been problems tunneling underneath a rail yard in Queens. The MTA has brought in experts from Europe to help with developing a plan going forward.

The project has been delayed several times. Earlier estimates were for it to be completed by 2015.

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