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On February 8, 2023, the LIRR announced that the Elmont–UBS Arena station would be served by trains on the Port Jefferson Branch as far as Huntington and on the Ronkonkoma Branch, with limited service during peak hours and most trains stopping during weekday evening or weekend hours.
The plan included a new Elmont station on the LIRR Main Line, to the north of Belmont Park station. [22] The eastbound platform at Elmont initially opened on November 16, 2021, [23] [24] while the westbound platform opened on October 6, 2022. [25] On February 24, 2023, the LIRR eliminated shuttle services for special events at UBS Arena.
Bellerose LIRR station along Atlantic Avenue across from the intersection with Walnut Avenue. ... Elmont–UBS Arena. ... Oyster Bay, Ronkonkoma, and Montauk Branches ...
The Ronkonkoma Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York.On LIRR maps and printed schedules, the "Ronkonkoma Branch" includes trains running along the railroad's Main Line from Hicksville (where the Port Jefferson Branch leaves the Main Line) to Ronkonkoma, and between Ronkonkoma and the Main Line's eastern terminus at Greenport.
The LIRR logo combines the circular MTA logo with the text Long Island Rail Road, and appears on the sides of trains. The LIRR is one of two commuter rail systems owned by the MTA, the other being the Metro-North Railroad in the northern suburbs of the New York area. Established in 1834 (the first section between the Brooklyn waterfront and ...
The LIRR has an amalgam of different station house designs across its system. Many station houses built during the same time period (e.g., Mineola and Manhasset; 1920s), or as part of the same project (e.g., Central Islip and Deer Park; 1987 Hicksville–Ronkonkoma electrification project), share similar or identical designs.
The Mid-Suffolk Yard (also known as the Ronkonkoma Yard) is a 23-track train storage yard, located just to the east of the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road station. [21] As this is the eastern end of the electrified portion of the Main Line, the yard stores the LIRR's electric multiple units that are used on the Ronkonkoma Branch. [21]
It was moved as part of a major electrification and reconstruction project of the line in Ronkonkoma, Central Islip, Brentwood, Deer Park, and Wyandanch. Originally, the LIRR had planned to merge Deer Park, Pineaire, and Brentwood stations into a single station, but residential opposition blocked that proposal, and only Deer Park and Pineaire ...