Signaling hardware installation in the tunnels being constructed for East Side Access has now begun – the first signal head and signal case mock-up is being installed in the 63rd Street tunnel that will connect LIRR trains traveling to and from Manhattan with Queens. The signal head is fully installed,…
The LIRR Mid-Suffolk Storage Yard, an expansion of the existing Ronkonkoma Yard and the easternmost electric train yard on Long Island, continues to take shape: the new employee facility is almost complete, new tracks are being installed in the eastern segment of the yard, AC and DC substations are being…
Big, bright, bold, and beautiful. That’s how you could now describe LIRR’s Nostrand Avenue Station as its modernization was unveiled last week – complete with two brand new ADA-accessible elevators. LIRR President Phillip Eng was joined by local elected officials, advocates, and community members on Jan. 31 in Bedford-Stuyvesant to…
Beginning February 3, 2020, New Hyde Park LIRR Station customers will access a temporary 10-car platform, which will run along 2nd and 3rd Avenues, between South 12th Street and South 8th Street. The temporary platforms will include 8 ADA-compliant ingress and egress points, with 3 ADA-compliant access ramps. Pedestrian detour…
Although we may be deep in the heart of winter, the time is upon us to begin planning landscaping aesthetics of the areas in the immediate vicinity of the LIRR Expansion Project. One of the project goals is to improve the landscaping and visual elements of the areas where construction…
Construction on the East End Gateway in Penn Station has advanced significantly, as the passageway in the former Duane Reade space between the 34th Street entrance and the LIRR main concourse opened, providing increased pedestrian flow and track accessibility. Ticketing machines were installed in the space to allow travelers to…
There have been many ups and downs, as is the case when you’re building elevators, but the two brand-spanking-new ADA-compliant elevators at Murray Hill in Queens are nearing completion much to the delight of passengers and local businesses. Work continued through the summer and fall of 2019, and now the…
Thank you to New York State Senator Anna Kaplan and New Hyde Park Mayor Montreuil for joining the project team at the Lakeville Estates Civic Association meeting and helping to spread the word about the upcoming traffic detour at New Hyde Park Road. Following the successful completion of grade crossing…
The oldest house in Northport, Long Island, a North Shore town known for shipbuilding, was built in 1761, and the first rail station was built in the village a little over one hundred years later as part of the eastward expansion of rail service to Port Jefferson. Last year Northport…
Leave something on your train? We can help! In October, the LIRR unveiled its new, bigger and brighter Lost and Found Office at Penn Station. The new facility is focused on functionality and customer experience, in keeping with the more spacious and light-focused design of the new Penn Station. The…
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