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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.
This list contains all stations currently open on the Long Island Rail Road, including seasonal-use stations. Lines with colored boxes indicate branches which serve the station, while lines in parentheses indicate the physical line the station is located on, if applicable.
The department was formed on January 1, 1998, with the consolidation of the Long Island Rail Road Police Department and the Metro-North Railroad Police Department. Since 9/11, the department has expanded in size and has ramped up dramatically its counter-terrorism capabilities, adding canine teams and emergency services officers.
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.
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.
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.
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 Central Branch connects the Main Line ( Ronkonkoma Branch service) at Beth Interlocking southeast of the Bethpage station with the Montauk Branch ( Babylon Branch service) at Belmont Junction west of the Babylon station.
Long Island Rail Road: Line(s) Montauk Branch: Distance: 19.3 mi (31.1 km) from Long Island City: Platforms: 1 island platform: Tracks: 2: Connections: Nassau Inter-County Express: n4, n15, n16, Mercy Medical Shuttle: Construction; Parking: Yes: Bicycle facilities: Yes: Accessible: Yes: Other information; Fare zone: 7: History; Opened: 1867 ...
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]