As one of the eight grade crossings eliminated as part of the LIRR Expansion Project, the S. 12th Street crossing in New Hyde Park has some unique characteristics. First, along with Main Street in Mineola, it is one of only two crossings that was dead ended. Second, and more importantly,…
The LIRR Concourse Project is Underway: What’s Happening Behind the Wall? Following the timely completion of the iconic new East End Gateway entrance to Penn Station at 33rd Street and 7th Avenue, work is advancing on the next phase of the project – the new LIRR Concourse. Over the past…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and MTA Construction & Development President Janno Lieber on May 27th announced that major construction on the East Side Access project as been completed. Testing and commissioning of all equipment will continue through next year, when the eight-track LIRR terminal will be put into service under…
With Safety Week behind us, it’s a good time to reflect on how MTA Construction & Development and the LIRR is working to make the future safer not only for Long Island. Representatives from Milwaukee Tools conduct a session for 3TC workers on power tool safety. During Safety Week –…
Marking another important milestone for LIRR Expansion Project, the new Nassau 1 Interlocking was tested and put into service by MTA C&D and the Long Island Rail Road during a recent weekend service outage. An interlocking is a series of switches that enable trains to move from one track to…
Why does widening the corridors and raising the ceilings of Penn Station’s subterranean LIRR Concourse require construction at street level? The LIRR Concourse Project is replacing two aging utility boxes under 33rd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues to reconfigure utilities and optimize use of the space. New York City…
A new public art project at Merillon Avenue commissioned by MTA Arts & Design, LIRR and MTA Construction and Development celebrates the landscape of the community surrounding the station. The glass windows of two new elevator towers and areas along each platform are based on multimedia paintings by New York…
The MTA is in the midst of important infrastructure improvement projects at Jamaica Station for both the Subway and LIRR properties. Much of the work to tracks and signals are hard to see, but we are also improving wayfinding so customers can more easily navigate the station. As part of…
As part of the LIRR Expansion Project, MTA Construction & Development and LIRR have developed a series of environmental and community commitments to minimize construction impacts. The Community Scorecard Program was created to give residents, businesses and commuters a direct voice in the Design-Builder’s performance evaluations. We invite you to…
Rail Group on Air, presented by Railway Aged and Railway Track & Structures magazines and International Railway Journal recently spotlighted the success of the LIRR Expansion Project on its well-regarded podcast. According to Bill Wilson, editor in chief of Railway Track & Structures magazine and the host of the podcast,…
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