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The project connects the terminal to all of the railroad's branches via its Main Line, linking Grand Central Madison to almost every LIRR station. Partial service to Jamaica began on January 25, 2023. Local services. The New York City Subway's adjacent Grand Central–42nd Street station serves the following routes:
The OMNY system is designed by Cubic Transportation Systems, using technology licensed from Transport for London 's Oyster card. The system accepts payments through contactless bank cards and mobile payments as well as physical OMNY cards. OMNY began its public rollout in May 2019, with the first readers installed at select subway stations and ...
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, "Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American. [1] Such laws remained in force until 1965. [2]
The LIRR's steam passenger locomotives were modernized from 1901 to 1906, and by 1927, it was the first Class I railroad to replace all its wood passenger cars with steel. [2] In 1926, the LIRR was the first U.S. railroad to begin using diesel locomotives. The last steam locomotive was a G5s operated until 1955. [2]
The Baby-Sitters Club (also known as BSC) is a series of novels, written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic between 1986 and 2000, that sold 180 million copies. Martin wrote an estimated 60-80 novels in the series while subsequent titles were written by ghostwriters , such as Peter Lerangis . [2]
Long Island MacArthur Airport ( IATA: ISP, ICAO: KISP, FAA LID: ISP ), formerly known as Islip Airport, is a public airport in Ronkonkoma, in the Town of Islip, in Suffolk County, on Long Island, New York, United States. Covering 1,311 acres (531 ha), the airport was established in 1942 and began serving as a commercial airport in 1960.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as " the T ") [3] [4] is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network includes the MBTA subway with three metro lines (the Blue, Orange, and Red lines), two light ...
M1/M3 (railcar) The M1 and M3 are two similar series of electric multiple unit rail cars built by the Budd Company for the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Railroad and Metro-North's predecessors, Penn Central and Conrail. [4] Originally branded by Budd as Metropolitans, the cars are more popularly known under their model names, M1 (late ...