Since the approval of the third track project last year, MTA officials have wasted no time in rolling out plans across the 9.8-mile stretch from Floral Park to Hicksville.
The Town of Oyster Bay received a $10 million New York State Downtown Revitalization Initiative Grant to study areas around the Hicksville Station that could be developed and improved. The MTA is working with the Town on their vision of a walkable community that enlivens the train station area, and benefits commuters, retail, and residential buildings that would generate economic development benefits for the Town.
For more information about Hicksville’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, read the plan here.

“Since the 1940s, people talked about adding a third track and modernizing the Main Line corridor – and now we’re actually doing it.” – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Forty percent of LIRR riders pass through the LIRR’s congested Main Line. That’s one among many reasons why the project to modernize…
here may be no corridor on Long Island showcasing more culinary diversity than the two-mile stretch of Route 107 that extends south of the Long Island Expressway. Start your journey at Hmart (336 N. Broadway, Jericho, 516-513-5050, hmart.com) a vast emporium of Asian groceries with a food court to match….
A $121 million construction initiative to rebuild and modernize the the busiest Long Island Rail Road Station completed Phase 2 of its project and reopened the north platform, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on Tuesday. The MTA says improvements at the Hicksville station include electronic displays, translucent canopies, energy-efficient platform…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a historic $5.6 billion transformation of the Long Island Rail Road to strengthen the region’s transportation infrastructure and usher in a new era of economic growth. After 70 years of stagnation, all 100 transformative LIRR capital projects are moving forward, including the Main Line…