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The station opened as a small one-story frame station here in 1906, [2] [3] east of the track and north of what was then called Power Place, [4] which was later renamed 114th Avenue, [5] and finally renamed Linden Boulevard. Cedar Manor was a real estate development covering the neighborhood generally west and north of the crossing of the LIRR ...
Creedmoor Branch. The Creedmoor Branch was the name of a short branch that the Long Island Rail Road gave to the right of way of tracks between its Floral Park station and Creedmoor State Hospital in Queens, New York. The branch existed from 1879 to 1966 finally being torn up and demapped in the early 1970s.
LIRR and East End officials continue to plan for future enhancements to South Fork service, including the possibility of "commuter connection" trains serving the eastern segment of the Montauk Branch.
A new Elmont LIRR station will officially open on Saturday. (Marc A. Hermann/MTA) ELMONT, NY — For the first time in almost a half-century, the Long Island Railroad has a new station.
Northport station was originally built between May and July 1873 as "New Northport" station when the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad was built from Northport Junction to Port Jefferson, New York. The original line, which led directly into a station within Northport Village since April 25, 1868, became the Northport Branch.
East River Tunnels. The East River Tunnels are four single-track railroad passenger service tunnels that extend from the eastern end of Pennsylvania Station under 32nd and 33rd Streets in Manhattan and cross the East River to Long Island City in Queens. The tracks carry Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Amtrak trains travelling to and from Penn ...
Starting this month, the rail road announced the "My LIRR Loyalty" program, which will give monthly ticket holders special discounts and offers with participating merchants. The LIRR has teamed up ...
The Cedarhurst Cut-off was a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The line split from the LIRR's Main Line at Rockaway Junction (near Hollis) and ran south via Springfield Gardens and Cedarhurst and on to Far Rockaway. The part north of the crossing of the old Southern Railroad of Long Island ...