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The Main Line near Jamaica, which is visible in the foreground. The Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It begins as a two-track line at Long Island City station in Long Island City, Queens, and runs along the middle of Long Island about 95 miles (153 km) to Greenport station ...
116.2 mi (187.0 km) (light rail) (2018 figures [1]) New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit or NJTransit and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey and portions of the states of New York and Pennsylvania. It operates bus, light rail, and commuter rail services ...
The Central Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York, extending from 40.734°N 73.470°W just east of Bethpage station to 40.696°N 73.341°W just west of Babylon station. It was built in 1873 as part of the Babylon Extension of the Central Railroad of Long Island (CRRLI), which ...
The new MTA schedule will also bring back the 5:40 p.m. Amtrack train along the Port Washington branch from Penn Station to Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck and Great Neck.
C3 (railcar) The C3 is a bi-level coach railroad car built by Kawasaki. Ordered by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for use on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), the cars began to enter revenue service in 1997. The rail cars are pulled and pushed by EMD DE30AC and DM30AC dual-mode (diesel and electric) locomotives. [1]
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak ( / ˈæmtræk /; reporting marks AMTK, AMTZ ), is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and trak, the ...
2⁄3 years. On December 7, 1993, a mass shooting occurred aboard a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train in Garden City Park, New York, United States. As the train arrived at the Merillon Avenue station, passenger Colin Ferguson began firing at other passengers with a semi-automatic pistol. Six of the victims were killed and nineteen others were ...
A Penn Station -bound train approaching the Manhasset station on December 16, 2020. The Webster Avenue Bridge was built in 1897 using a steel-stringer design. [1] [2] It is 78.7 feet (24.0 m) in length, and is 20.7 feet (6.3 m) in width. [1] [2] The bridge carries two lanes of Webster Avenue/Bridge Road – as well as a sidewalk – over the ...