The Morris Diesel Park project team has been hard at work this past fall and winter, and the yard and locomotive shop are nearly finished. The project is advancing under the challenging conditions resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, and the Morris Diesel Park team, like all other MTA employees and…
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to change the way we live and work. Earlier this week brought “New York State on PAUSE,” which established a new directive for non-essential businesses and guidance for essential services. As an essential transportation infrastructure project, the LIRR Expansion Project is proceeding in line with this…
Penn Station’s been quiet this week, understandably so. The East End Gateway Project team is carefully monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic, and we’ve adjusted our work plans accordingly. The East End Gateway and LIRR Concourse project will include higher ceilings, new wayfinding signage, and improved access and circulation for the hundreds…
Who’s ready for a completely reimagined Penn Station? I know we are. Meet John Hyland, the executive director for the Long Island Rail Road at one of the largest transportation hubs in America. John, who’s worked at Penn Station since 1986, oversees the work that’s going into making that reimagined…
The North Shore of Long Island is filled with history across its many towns, villages and enclaves. One special bit, tucked in the hamlet of Stony Brook, is our lovely Stony Brook Station. Built in 1917, at the end of World War I, the small wooden cottage, has undergone an…
If you take the Babylon Branch as a weekend rider, chances are you had to board a bus last weekend, February 29-March 1, so that we could get some pretty critical work done. But what exactly did we do? You may have heard we were working on something called the…
The Merillon Avenue LIRR station is an example of the MTA’s extraordinary efforts to make the system more accessible and an illustration of its extensive coordination efforts with communities. Working closely with the Village of Garden City, the project team devised a creative solution unique to this station that makes…
Carle Place area residents and commuters will soon be treated to a completely overhauled station as the platforms take shape at Carle Place Station in the Town of North Hempstead. The westbound platform has been installed, and the foundation for the stairs to the platform have been placed. Residents and…
Construction to replace the Linden Avenue underpass in Floral Park has entered its final stages, now that the demolition of existing walls and underpass footings has been completed. The underpass, originally constructed in 1960, provides pedestrian access to the Floral Park Pool and Recreation Center from points north of the…
You may have heard the term ‘interlocking’ before – perhaps when we reference Harold Interlocking in Queens, the busiest railroad junction in the country. You might not even notice it, but it’s there. And it’s important. But what exactly is an interlocking, and why should you care about it? I’m…
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