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The Main Line near Jamaica, which is visible in the foreground. The Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. 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 ...
East Side Access ( ESA) is a public works project in New York City that extended the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) two miles from its Main Line in Queens to the new Grand Central Madison station under Grand Central Terminal on Manhattan 's East Side.
As of 2016, the LIRR has 8 active control towers. All movements on the LIRR are under the control of the Movement Bureau in Jamaica, which gives orders to the towers that control a specific portion of the railroad.
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, [4] 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.
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.
Harold Interlocking is a large railroad junction located in New York City. It is the busiest rail junction in the United States. [1] It serves trains on Amtrak 's Northeast Corridor and the Long Island Rail Road 's Main Line and Port Washington Branch, which diverge at the junction. Reconstruction work on Harold Interlocking started in 2009, as ...
B-Tower; 1986 and July 1993; 1873 map showing railways on Long Island; Bethpage Junction History (Arrt's Arrchives) Trains Are Fun. May 11, 1947 and 1952 Photos; NYCSubways.org April 24, 1966 and September 1974 Photos; BETH Interlocking (The LIRR Today) Station from Stewart Avenue from Google Maps Street View
1873 map showing railways on Long Island; Bethpage Branch Track Maps by Bob Emery (Unofficial LIRR History) B-Tower May 11, 1947, April 24, 1966, 1986 and July 1993; 1952 Photo of Bethpage Junction; The L.I.R.R.'s Bethpage Branch (Arrt's Archives) Bethpage Junction History (Arrt's Arrchives) Trains Are Fun: Bethpage
Nassau Tower was the Long Island Rail Road's interlocking and signal tower for NASSAU Interlocking at Mineola Junction, just east of the Mineola station, from 1923 until 2020. As part of LIRR's Main Line Expansion Project , which is creating a third track along the Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville stations, the tower was ...
In 1912, the Long Island Rail Road added a control tower to Patchogue Station on South Ocean Avenue, for both the Montauk Branch and the former trolley line owned by the Suffolk Traction Company. The tower was designated by the LIRR as the "PD Tower" and was also used for hooping.