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From May 9 to May 12, the LIRR will be performing Sperry testing on the Montauk branch from Sayville to Montauk. As a result, train service on the Montauk branch will be out of service between ...
Holban Yard is a railroad freight yard for the Long Island Rail Road at Rockaway Junction near the current site of the Hillside Facility. It was built in 1906 and was named for the two communities of Hollis and St. Albans which bordered the yard along the Cedarhurst Cut-Off at the time of construction. [4]
Person Struck By Train; LIRR Service Suspended On South Fork: MTA - Westhampton-Hampton Bays, NY - BREAKING: Service is suspended in both directions on the Montauk line from Speonk to Montauk, the ...
The M7 is an electric multiple unit railroad car built by Bombardier for use on the MTA's Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad.With delivery beginning in 2002, the M7 replaced the M1 railcars on both railroads as well as the ACMUs on Metro-North.
The MTA upgraded cellular service within the Grand Central Madison station and surrounding tunnels in late 2023. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Additionally, at the time of the station's opening, the LIRR did not own a "rescue locomotive" that was small enough to tow disabled passenger trains through the 63rd Street Tunnel ; its existing locomotives could only ...
In mid-2012, the MTA issued a joint procurement request for the LIRR and Metro-North for a total of up to 676 M9 railcars, set for delivery between 2016 and 2020. [9] On September 18, 2013, Kawasaki Heavy Industries was awarded a nearly $1.8 billion contract for the order, comprising a base order of 92 cars for the LIRR (costing $355 million) with options for an additional 584 cars (304 for ...
Schematic diagram of Long Island Rail Road services and 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.
On June 2, 2022, the MTA released draft timetables [131] [132] that LIRR president Catherine Rinaldi pronounced "revolutionary", saying, "In one stroke, we are increasing service by 40%." [ 131 ] The public was invited to comment on the proposed changes at a virtual public meeting on July 13, 2022; [ 131 ] after hundreds of people registered to ...