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NEW HYDE PARK, NY — One person is dead after being struck by a Long Island Rail Road train at the New Hyde Park station, the MTA confirmed. The incident happened just after 9:15 a.m . Monday.
The first phase of what is now known as the Oyster Bay Branch opened on January 23, 1865. The line was built by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road, a subsidiary of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), which was incorporated on December 3, 1858. [5] The line was built as a branch of the LIRR's Main Line from Mineola, and extended to Glen Head. [6]
Traffic & Transit MTA Agrees To Install Elevators At 3 LIRR Train Stations After a lawsuit was filed by 3 local passengers, the MTA and LIRR agreed to make changes to help passengers with ...
QUEENS — Elmhurst could see its Long Island Rail Road station functioning once again after several lawmakers urged the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to reopen the station decades after ...
The app will let LIRR and Metro-North customers to check schedules, see service status and buy tickets without waiting in line, according to information from the MTA. There are also account ...
The opening of East Side Access saw the LIRR run 41 percent more trains per day, including substantial increases in reverse-peak service. [163] MTA Chair Janno Lieber said that "for the first time we have enough capacity to send trains out to Long Island in the morning, and that means that Long Island businesses can recruit the entire region".
The station depot and yard at Montauk in March 2017. Originally built in 1895 by the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad, it was demolished in 1907, then rebuilt twenty years later, only to be relocated by the US Navy during World War II along with a great deal of Montauk itself.
In mid-2012, the MTA issued a joint procurement request for the LIRR and Metro-North for a total of up to 676 M9 railcars, set for delivery between 2016 and 2020. [9] On September 18, 2013, Kawasaki Heavy Industries was awarded a nearly $1.8 billion contract for the order, comprising a base order of 92 cars for the LIRR (costing $355 million) with options for an additional 584 cars (304 for ...