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new.mta.info /agency /long-island-rail-road: Operation; Began operation: 1834 (190 years ago) () Operator(s) Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Reporting marks: LI: Technical; System length: 319 mi (513 km) (route); 700 mi (1,100 km) (total track length) Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Electrification: Third rail ...
Jamaica is the Long Island Rail Road's hub station. There are six high-level island platforms . Five of them, Platforms A–E, serve tracks 1–8 and are each 1,000 feet (300 m) long, fitting almost 12 cars.
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 in Greenport, Suffolk County.
Long Island Rail Road: Line(s) Atlantic Branch: Platforms: 3 island platforms: Tracks: 6: Connections: New York City Subway: at Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center NYCT Bus: B41, B45, B63, B65, B67, B103: Construction; Accessible: Yes: Other information; Fare zone: 1: History; Opened: July 2, 1877: Rebuilt: 1907, 2010: Electrified: July 26, 1905 ...
An 1882 map of the Long Island Rail Road. Hoping to build a line from Bay Ridge through East New York to Valley Stream, in 1870, the New York and Hempstead Railroad was incorporated. The line was leased by the South Side Railroad after two years of grading and excavating, but because of the financial panic of 1873 the project was drawn to a halt.
Long Island Rail Road: Line(s) Main Line: Distance: 7.7 mi (12.4 km) from Long Island City: Platforms: 2 side platforms: Tracks: 4: Connections: MTA Bus: Q10, Q37, QM18 (Q37 at 80th Road and Austin Street) Construction; Parking: Yes: Bicycle facilities: Bike racks (westbound platform) Other information; Fare zone: 1: History; Opened: 1879, 1883 ...
LIRR trains arrive and depart from the twin station caverns and through a tunnel located 140 ft (43 m) below Park Avenue and more than 90 ft (27 m) below the Metro-North tracks. The LIRR terminal contains four platforms and eight tracks (numbered 201–204 and 301–304) in two bi-level caverns.
In preparation for the LIRR's East Side Access expansion to Grand Central Terminal, the MTA is adding 11 new tracks to the yard, for a total of 23 tracks. The expansion will use space already owned by the MTA located immediately to the south of the existing rail yard and north of MacArthur Airport .
Long Island Rail Road: Line(s) Port Washington Branch: Distance: 7.5 mi (12.1 km) from Long Island City: Platforms: 2 side platforms: Tracks: 2: Connections: New York City Subway: trains at Flushing–Main Street NYCT Bus: Q12, Q13, Q15, Q15A, Q16, Q17, Q20A, Q20B, Q26, Q27, Q28, Q44 SBS, Q48, Q58 MTA Bus: Q19, Q25, Q34, Q50, Q65, Q66
Hicksville – LIRR; Hicksville LIRR timetable; Steve Lynch's LIRR Maps, Photos, Charts, etc. (TrainsAreFun.com) Hicksville Station History; 1962 Reconstruction Pamphlet; Pages 1, 2, 3, and 4; DIVIDE Interlocking (The LIRR Today) Newbridge Road entrance from Google Maps Street View; Platforms from Google Maps Street View
