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The LIRR is one of two commuter rail systems owned by the MTA, the other being the Metro-North Railroad in the northern suburbs of the New York area. Established in 1834 (the first section between the Brooklyn waterfront and Jamaica opened on April 18, 1836) and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest railroad in the United ...
In anticipation of the completion of East Side Access and related projects, in 2022, the MTA overhauled LIRR timetables for the first time in more than 30 years. On June 2, 2022, the MTA released draft timetables that LIRR president Catherine Rinaldi pronounced "revolutionary", saying, "In one stroke, we are increasing service by 40%."
The MTA had announced in October 2002 that it had planned to merge the LIRR and the Metro-North Railroad into a new entity, to be called MTA Rail Road, a merger which required approval by the New York Legislature. It was announced in 2007, however, that the planned merger was rejected and will not be further pursued.
Business & Tech Plan To Bring LIRR Service To East Side On Track To Start In 2022: MTA According to the MTA, the project symbolizes a "huge increase to service, with 41 percent more trains system ...
The proposal to build a Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road station within sprawling Sunnyside Yard was included in the MTA's 20-year needs assessment — a list of two dozen projects that the ...
List of Long Island Rail Road stations. The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is a commuter railway system serving all four counties of Long Island, with two stations in the Manhattan borough of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. Its operator is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York. Serving 301,763 passengers per day as of ...
MID HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Why have three apps when you could have one, according to the MTA. In mid-August, the transportation agency plans to combine its Metro-North Train Time, Long Island Rail ...
The Jamaica station is a major train station of the Long Island Rail Road located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. With weekday ridership exceeding 200,000 passengers, [8] it is the largest transit hub on Long Island, the fourth-busiest rail station in North America, and the second-busiest station that exclusively serves commuter traffic.
Grand Central Madison is a commuter rail terminal for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Part of the East Side Access project, the new terminal started construction in 2008 and opened on January 25, 2023. [5] The station sits beneath Grand Central Terminal, which serves the ...
The Ronkonkoma Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York.On LIRR maps and printed schedules, the "Ronkonkoma Branch" includes trains running along the railroad's Main Line from Hicksville (where the Port Jefferson Branch leaves the Main Line) to Ronkonkoma, and between Ronkonkoma and the Main Line's eastern terminus at Greenport.