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The line from Hicksville to Syosset was chartered in 1853 as the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad and opened in 1854. The LIRR later planned to extend to Cold Spring Harbor, but Oliver Charlick, the LIRR's president, disagreed over the station's location, so Charlick abandoned the grade and relocated the extension south of Cold Spring, refusing to add a station stop near Cold Spring for years.
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]
14-Year-Old Struck, Killed By LIRR Train - Sayville-Bayport, NY - He was found around 7:30 a.m. Monday between the Bayport and Sayville Long Island Rail Road stations, authorities say.
Battle of the LIRR stations: Long Beach vs. Island Park - Long Beach, NY - Some Long Beach commuters prefer catching trains in the neighboring village for the quicker ride and cheaper parking.
Auburndale is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in the Auburndale neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The station is part of CityTicket . The station is on 192nd Street between Station Road and 39th Avenue, three blocks north of Northern Boulevard .
Montauk is the terminus of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, as well as the easternmost railroad station on Long Island and in New York state. The station is located on Edgemere Street ( Suffolk County Route 49 ) and Fort Pond Road west of Montauk Harbor, New York .
During the mid-1870s, the station and the rest of the line merged with the Central Railroad of Long Island to form the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad, and then became part of the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, which also used the station as the eastern terminus of the White Line between 1873 and 1876. Shortly ...
A total of 174 M3s (9771–9944, with 9891 and 9892 renumbered to 9945 and 9946 after the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting) were produced for the LIRR between 1984 and 1986, while 142 M3As (8000–8141) were produced for Metro-North, arriving between 1984 and early 1985.