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Current branches. A map of diesel territory on the Long Island Rail Road. The Main Line runs from Long Island City east to Greenport. It is electrified west of the Ronkonkoma station; limited diesel train service runs from this point to the Yaphank, Riverhead, or Greenport stations.
MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) (legal name, no longer used publicly: The Long Island Rail Road Company) MTA Metro-North Railroad (MNR) (legal name, no longer used publicly: Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company) MTA Grand Central Madison Concourse (GCMC)
The Long Island Rail Road has four types of station designs: Ground level (most common, platforms accessible via ramps and/or staircases) Elevated (all Babylon Branch stations and select others) Open-cut (select Port Washington Branch stations) Underground (only Penn Station, Atlantic Terminal, and Grand Central terminal)
Railroad freight cars that enter the City or Long Island do so via the Bronx, Brooklyn, or Staten Island. New York and Atlantic Railway system map The Bronx. The main mainland rail connection to New York City and Long Island from the national rail network is via tracks on the east bank of the Hudson.
Long Island Rail Road: Line(s) Main Line: Distance: 6.7 mi (10.8 km) from Long Island City: Platforms: 2 side platforms: Tracks: 4: Connections: New York City Subway: at Forest Hills–71st Avenue MTA Bus: Q23, Q60, Q64, QM11, QM12, QM18: Construction; Accessible: ADA Accessible-Yes 2 Ramps are present at Forest Hills, one for each platform ...
Commuter rail: System: Long Island Rail Road: Services: City Terminal Zone: Operator(s) 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
The opening of East Side Access in 2023 diverted some Long Island Rail Road trains to Grand Central Madison, therefore opening up slots at Penn Station for Metro-North service. During peak hours there will be between six and ten trains on the New Haven Line to Penn Station.
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 system map. The Long Island Rail Road is the second busiest commuter railroad system in North America, carrying in 2012 an average of 282,400 customers each weekday on 728 daily trains. [1]
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.