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Plans for new ‘Interborough Express’ Brooklyn-to-Queens train back on track as congestion pricing rolls on
By Barbara Russo-LennonPosted on January 26, 2025
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According to MTA officials, the agency is putting IBX into high gear again with a request for proposals to begin the preliminary engineering phase of the project, which is featured in the agency’s 2025-2029 capital plan.
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According to an article in Crain’s New York Business, the IBX project will be completed in two phases. The first phase would include demolishing existing structures, constructing new tunnel and bridge structures and repositioning existing freight infrastructure.
The other phase would consist of installing the light-rail system, constructing stations and an operation center, ordering light-rail trains, and taking other steps before putting the railway into service.
more:
https://www.amny.com/news/plans-for-a-new-brooklyn-to-queens-train-nyc/

The proposed Roosevelt Avenue northern terminal of the IBX in Jackson Heights, Queens. MTA