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The Long Island Rail Road Company was chartered in 1834 to provide a daily service between New York City and Boston via a ferry connection between its Greenport, New York, terminal on Long Island's North Fork and Stonington, Connecticut.
The Long Island Rail Road is a railroad owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the U.S. state of New York. It is the oldest United States railroad still operating under its original name and charter. [1] It consolidated several other companies in the late 19th century.
Gateway Program (Northeast Corridor), a proposed railroad expansion project on the west side of Manhattan; History of Grand Central Terminal, more details about the history of Grand Central Terminal; Lower Manhattan–Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project, a formerly proposed LIRR project; North–South Rail Link, a set of proposals for a similar ...
Retired LIRR Branch Manager and railroad historian David Morrison wrote a book on the Jamaica Station in the Arcadia Publications “Images of Rail” series.
On January 1, 1881, Austin Corbin took over the Long Island Rail Road and sought out to install new rails on the Main Line from Winfield Junction to Jamaica. In February 1881, all service on the Main Line was halted, and this station was temporarily abandoned at this time.
The transfer signifies that the rail operations at Grand Central Madison and the tunnels leading to it are now federally regulated railroad territory. The project is moving forward, with the...
History; Opened: November 15, 1869; 154 years ago () (F&NS) Closed: 1914; 110 years ago () Rebuilt: 1915; 109 years ago (), 1999; 25 years ago () Electrified: June 16, 1910; 113 years ago () 750 V third rail: Passengers; 2012—2014: 7,172: Rank: 15 of 126: Services
History. When the LIRR began operations in 1836, it leased the newly opened Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad, including its two duplicate steam locomotives, Ariel and Post Boy, both built by Matthias W. Baldwin. (Ariel was Baldwin's 19th engine, built in 1835.)
History. St. James station was built in 1873, along the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad in the northern part of the Town of Smithtown. The station house, designed by Calvin L'Hommedieu, remains the second-oldest existing station-house of the Long Island Rail Road, surpassed only by Hewlett station, which was originally built in 1869 by ...
WESTBURY, NY — Gov. Kathy Hochul was on Long Island today to celebrate the completion of the LIRR's Third Track project. The new, 9.8-mile track runs from Floral Park to Hicksville, and gives ...