GCT Madison Tunnel Safety Incident

Union faults LIRR for safety issues in tunnel leading to Grand Central Madison

Less than a month after the Long Island Rail Road began running full service to Grand Central Madison, three LIRR employees working in a tunnel leading to the new station “narrowly avoided” being struck by a train that was errantly routed through a work zone, according to union officials.

The incident was followed by another close call less than three weeks later, when four LIRR signal workers got out of the way of a train with seconds to spare, union officials said.
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