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…
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,…
Platform F stairway with glass artwork. MTA C&D’s LIRR modernization work planned for this year rivals the aggressive schedule being met by the successful Third Track project, with signal replacement, a new substation, Jamaica Station capacity improvements, viaduct work, and smaller mentoring program work on tab for 2021. The railroad’s…
MTA C&D’s LIRR Expansion Project will meet yet another community commitment on Saturday, February 20th by closing the final grade crossing along the 10-mile corridor from Floral Park to Hicksville – this one at Main Street in Mineola. Since construction began on the project just over two years ago, grade…
MTA C&D’s LIRR Expansion Project has moved along on schedule and on budget, despite all the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s been obvious from the undergrade crossing completions, bridge replacements and expansions and ongoing work on interlockings, station enhancements and installation of new substations. The continuing work of…
One of the construction industry’s most prestigious trade magazines has selected Tom McGuinness as one of its Top 25 Newsmakers for 2020 citing his leadership on the LIRR Expansion Project. Engineering News Record (ENR) accompanied the selection with a profile in its current issue. Read full ENR story here The…
We all know the end game for the LIRR Expansion Project is getting that third track laid between Floral Park and Hicksville. In the meantime, MTA Construction & Development and LIRR crews are working along the Main Line right-of-way to prepare for the track installation with one of the most…
The LIRR Expansion Project – also known as ‘Third Track’ — designed to enhance the performance and reliability of the railroad, takes much more than just laying down new parallel railroad tracks. In the past two years since the project team began heavy construction, we’ve eliminated three at-grade railroad crossings…
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