LIRR TO RESTORE FULL WEEKDAY SERVICE ON LONG BEACH BRANCH FOR WEDNESDAY’S AM RUSH
The MTA Long Island Rail Road is restoring full weekday service for Wednesday morning’s (August 31) rush …
more
8/30/11
|
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in preparation of Hurricane Irene, halted service at noon on Aug. 27.
more
8/26/11
|
· Some Friday afternoon trains to the East End being canceled
· Customers are asked to review their travel plans taking into
consideration the impact of the storm
MTA Long Island Rail …
more
8/26/11
|
Long Island Rail Road customers planning to ride the Far Rockaway Branch this Sunday are advised to allow up to an hour extra travel time as buses replace trains during the resurfacing of a key …
more
8/24/11
|
Early Saturday, Aug. 13, East Meadow resident Kevin Lherisson was found dead underneath the Babylon train platform.
more
By: Shannon Koehle
|
8/18/11
|
As a result of a track modernization project in Mineola, the Long Island Rail Road will undergo service reductions and adjustments throughout the month of August.
One of two main line tracks will …
more
8/10/11
|
Some 120 feet below the streets of Manhattan, thousands of workers contracted by MTA Capital Construction have been drilling and blasting through bedrock since September 2007 to build a set of Long Island Rail Road tunnels that will eventually connect the Island, including the South Shore, with Grand Central Terminal and the Metro-North Railroad. Tunneling on the Manhattan side of the “East Side Access Project,” as it’s known, is complete, and work on the Queens side, which began in May, is well under way.
more
By Scott Brinton
|
8/9/11
|
To the Editor:
Following a number of significant Long Island Rail Road service disruptions and cancellations caused by Amtrak maintenance recently, I am calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to explore taking over maintenance of the rails in and out of Penn Station and the East River tunnels.
more
5/16/11
|
Long Island Rail Road riders should expect cancelations and delays on some of Monday's evening rush-hour trains due to the derailment of an Amtrak train in Queens.
According to the MTA, the …
more
2/7/11
|
Several Long Island legislators have hopped aboard the no-smoking train, supporting legislation that would ban smoking on all outdoor Long Island Rail Road platforms.
Assembly members Harvey …
more
By Lee Landor
|
2/2/11
|