Ronkonkoma Station, located on the Ronkonkoma Branch, serves approximately 15,021 passengers each weekday. The station has received enhancements, including the addition of free public Wi-Fi, LCD display screens, wayfinding signage, new benches and an electronic information display column. With the completion of the Double Track Project from Ronkonkoma to Farmingdale, Ronkonkoma Station is integral to accommodating increases in ridership, and these enhancements have been added to the station to improve customer experiences and contribute to economic growth throughout Long Island and the region.
An Arctic blast, straight from the Great White North, recently hit Long Island, but it didn’t stop crews from getting the recently enhanced Ronkonkoma Station and the renovated Hicksville Station building gussied up for the holidays! The weather is brisk, but the mood has become decidedly festive: lampposts have been…
This fall, the LIRR is expanding ways we combat leaf season to keep trains in service and operating safely, including the launch of a new laser technology – the first of its kind used in the U.S. There’s nothing better than crisp fall days when a breeze kicks up and…
The weekend getaway season continues for Long Island Rail Road customers with the return of Autumn Weekends. Since launching in 2018, the LIRR’s Summer Saturdays and Autumn Weekends pilot programs have been well-received and used by tens of thousands of customers: now, the LIRR is expanding the program once again…
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…
As part of the new MTA Live Media Program, four digital communication screens have been installed, as a test, in an LIRR M7 car. Live screens have been installed in many LIRR stations, as well as in subway stations and in Grand Central Terminal. Through this program, more than 53,000…
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…
USB charging stations and free Public Wi-Fi are now available at Ronkonkoma Station, which has been decorated for the holidays! There are a total of nine USB charging stations at the station, two in the wood-paneled waiting room and seven on the station’s central platform, platform B. Remaining work expected…
Construction is advancing at Ronkonkoma Station. USB charging stations are now available in the station building, at the entrance to the station building and on the platforms. Four LCD screens have been installed in the ticket office waiting area, two on each side of the ticket window, and free public…
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…
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