LIRR Expansion Project

THE BOTTOM LINE As ridership grows, the LIRR will soon be providing more rides each year than it did in 1949. If Long Island is to thrive, the LIRR needs to take riders where they want to go, and when they want to get there. The Long Island Rail Road…

The pros and cons of mainline rail expansion Thanks to a media blitz by the state, all those who have a stake in the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Expansion Project can tell you the benefits of putting in a third track on the 9.8-mile main line between Floral Park…

On Jan. 18, 2017 at Hofstra University, Suffolk County executive Steve Bellone backed the LIRR third track project and said the 9.8 miles of track are “pivotal” to the region. “If we can’t build these 9.8 miles of track now, when a plan is on the table within the Long Island Rail…

WESTBURY – The MTA rolled out a new version of its plan to add a third track between Floral Park and Hicksville during the first of six public hearings Tuesday. A video produced by the MTA says the Long Island Rail Road track expansion will stay within current right-of-ways. It…

The Long Island Rail Road’s proposal to build a third track on its Main Line through Nassau County received overwhelming support at the first of six public hearings this week on the $2 billion project. The series of hearings, which kicked off Tuesday morning in Westbury, are among the last…

OP-ED | By Chairman Thomas Prendergast When the clock struck midnight this New Year’s Eve, I was in Manhattan in a gleaming new subway station having just taken the inaugural ride on the new Second Avenue Subway line — a major expansion project talked about for decades but that many…

HIGHLIGHTS Thousands of signatures favor proposal for Main Line 3 public hearings scheduled this week on Long Island Thousands of Long Island Rail Road customers are throwing their support behind the contentious plan to build a third track between Floral Park and Hicksville — an effort they hope can provide…