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LIRR Workers Make Precarious Rescue From Brooklyn Subway Tracks - Prospect Heights-Crown Heights, NY - Five LIRR workers were honored for saving a man who had fallen onto the subway tracks with ...
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The Long Island Rail Road is a railroad owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the U.S. state of New York.It is the oldest United States railroad still operating under its original name and charter. [1]
The 63rd Street Tunnel is a double-deck subway and railroad tunnel under the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens in New York City.Opened in 1989, it is the newest of the East River tunnels, as well as the newest rail river crossing in the New York metropolitan area.
Far Rockaway is the oldest currently operating New York City Subway station, having originally opened 155 years ago, on July 29, 1869, as a Long Island Rail Road station. By contrast, the Gates Avenue station on the BMT Jamaica Line in Brooklyn is the oldest station to have been built specifically for rapid transit use, having opened in 1885 ...
AirTrain JFK is an 8.1-mile-long (13 km) elevated people mover system and airport rail link serving John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK Airport) in New York City.The driverless system operates 24/7 and consists of three lines and nine stations within the New York City borough of Queens.
The Interborough Express (IBX) is a proposed 14-mile (23 km) 24/7 light rail line in New York City.As proposed, the line would operate on its own separate tracks within the existing right-of-way from the Bay Ridge Branch and Fremont Secondary to connect Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Jackson Heights, Queens.
The New York City Subway system differs from other railroad chaining systems in that it uses the engineer's chain of 100 feet (30.48 m) rather than the surveyor's chain of 66 feet (20.12 m). Chaining is used in the New York City Subway system in conjunction with train radios, in order to ascertain a train's location on a given line. [33]