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Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Area served: Long Island: Locale: Long Island, New York: Transit type: Commuter rail: Number of lines: 11: Number of stations: 126: Daily ridership: 253,800 (weekdays, Q4 2023) Annual ridership: 75,186,900 (2023) Chief executive: Robert Free: Headquarters: Jamaica station, Jamaica, New York, U.S. Website
The LIRR's steam passenger locomotives were modernized from 1901 to 1906, and by 1927, it was the first Class I railroad to replace all its wood passenger cars with steel. [2] In 1926, the LIRR was the first U.S. railroad to begin using diesel locomotives. The last steam locomotive was a G5s operated until 1955. [2]
The M9 is a class of electric multiple unit railroad cars being built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries for use on the MTA's Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad. They entered service September 11, 2019.
MTA Long Island Rail Road: Ridership: 162,000 daily (projected) History; Commenced: September 2007 () Opened: January 25, 2023 () Technical; Line length: 2 mi (3.2 km) Track length: 6.1 mi (9.8 km) Number of tracks: 2–8: Character: Underground: Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Electrification: Third rail, 750 V DC
LIRR's New East Side Access Now Expected To Open Fully In Early 2023 - East Hampton, NY - Shuttle service will be implemented between the LIRR's Jamaica Station and midown, the MTA says.
SUNNYSIDE, QUEENS — A proposed commuter rail station in Sunnyside that has long been dreamed about by transit advocates will now undergo a more formal study by the MTA, the agency revealed last ...
In 2023, LIRR saw non-commutation surpass 2019 levels. LIRR ridership inside the city — especially from historically disadvantaged neighborhoods — is up 28 percent, MTA Chair and CEO Janno ...
Number of vehicles. 2,429 commuter rail cars. 6,418 subway cars. 61 SIR cars. 5,725 buses [1] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.
A retired LIRR M1 with other cars at the Railroad Museum of Long Island in Riverhead M1. In 1999, the MTA awarded Bombardier Transportation the contract to build the replacement for the M1 series, the M7 series. With the arrival of the first M7s to the LIRR in 2002 and the first M7As to Metro-North in 2004, both roads began to retire the M1 series.
Flushing Main Street. / 40.757989; -73.831086. trains at Flushing–Main Street. Flushing–Main Street is a station on the Long Island Rail Road 's Port Washington Branch in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The station is located at Main Street and 41st Avenue, off Kissena Boulevard.