Thanks to the ongoing modernization of the LIRR, service has improved on both the North and South Forks of the Long Island Rail Road. The new South Fork Commuter Connection (SFCC) is a coordinated rail and bus system created to operate during peak commuting hours to provide workers with a…
Whether by seeing or feeling, passengers know they’re at the edge of a train platform thanks to these ubiquitous bumpy yellow tiles. Invented by Seiichi Miyake, the first tactile warning strips we installed in Okayama, Japan on March 18, 1967 next to a school for the blind. To this day…
At about 9:15 a.m. on Monday, February 4, a broken rail was discovered on LIRR’s Ronkonkoma Branch near Deer Park on Long Island. LIRR workers responded, fixing the rail by 11:45 a.m., enabling LIRR to operate around the site of the broken rail with minimum service impacts. All thanks to…
On September 21st, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul joined LIRR President Phillip Eng and MTA Chief Development Officer Janno Lieber to officially open the second track of the LIRR Ronkonkoma Branch and rededicate the branch’s rebuilt and fully-accessible Wyandanch Station. The second track of the Ronkonkoma Branch and the renovation of…
The 6:07 a.m. train from Penn Station, which previously had terminated at Farmingdale, is now extended to Wyandanch, Deer Park, Brentwood, Central Islip, and Ronkonkoma, where it connects with a train making all North Fork stops and due into Greenport at 8:54 a.m. This pairing of an extended train and…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the completion of the Long Island Rail Road Double Track more than a year ahead of schedule. This historic project adds a second 13-mile track between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma — a segment of the LIRR that carries 48,000 riders every weekday — and will…
After decades of talk and years of construction, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority expects to finish construction of the Long Island Rail Road second track between Ronkonkoma and Farmingdale by the end of summer. That is worthy of applause…
The revamp for the Port Jefferson waiting room station has commenced with the modernization of the station interior. The new interior floor has been installed in the station’s waiting room.
Construction is underway for the Deer Park station enhancements such as renovating sidewalks, ramps, and curbside improvements. Enhancements to the Deer Park Station are part of a broader LIRR initiative to strengthen the reliability and resiliency of LIRR infrastructure.
The MTA LIRR has been issued a partial construction permit at Deer Park, which is important to begin the sequence of improvements that are a part of a broader LIRR initiative to support the growth and development of Long Island.
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