LIRR
MTA To Get Loan For Railroad Signal Safety
Late Friday afternoon, Governor Cuomo announced that the MTA would be receiving a nearly $1 billion dollar loan from the Federal Railroad Administration for LIRR & Metro-North signal safety upgrades. Here are the details: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the Federal Railroad Administration has approved a loan of $967.1 million to the Metropolitan Transportation […]
LIRR To Provide Extra Service On Friday
The MTA Long Island Rail Road has announced it will be providing extra service for the start of Good Friday & Passover. Here are the complete details: The Long Island Rail Road will provide additional eastbound service on Friday, April 3 for customers leaving work early in observance of Passover and Good Friday. The railroad […]
LIRR St. Patrick’s Day Service Info
The Long Island Rail Road will be providing special service for St. Patrick’s Day 2015. Here are the details: MTA Long Island Rail Road has scheduled 16 extra trains – six westbound morning trains and 10 eastbound afternoon trains to accommodate thousands of LIRR customers who will be traveling to and from the annual St. […]
MTA Service For President’s Day 2015
Here is the official rundown for MTA Service for the upcoming President’s Day Holiday: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) trains and buses will operate on special schedules in observance of Presidents’ Day on Monday. New York City Subways and Buses: On Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 16, New York City subways and buses will operate on a […]
MTA Awards LIRR Grand Central Contract
The big superstar or baby of the LIRR is their East Side Access Project which will have some of their trains terminating at Grand Central in the near future. While I personally feel adding a third track to the main line should be their top priority, one can see the benefits of service to Grand […]
