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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 Cannonball is a seasonal named train operated by the Long Island Rail Road between Penn Station in New York City and Montauk on the east end of Long Island, New York.The train operates weekly between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend, operating eastbound on Fridays and westbound on Sundays, with westbound service also being offered through Columbus Day weekend.
Travel on the Long Island Rail Road was slowed Thursday evening because of a work train derailment in Queens Village earlier in the day, the MTA said. Eastbound riders were told to expect delays ...
Schematic diagram of Long Island Rail Road services and stations. The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is a commuter railway system serving all four counties of Long Island, with two stations in the Manhattan borough of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. Its operator is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
The track would serve LIRR trains to east Midtown, alleviating train traffic into Penn Station on Manhattan's west side while integrating the LIRR with the subway. [6] A fourth track was added to the plans in August 1966 after it was determined that LIRR trains would be too large to run on subway tracks.
The project adds a new 9.8-mile express track between the Floral Park and Hicksville stations, which enables new express service on LIRR trains in and out of Jamaica Terminal as well as more ...
A promise to build a new LIRR station in Sunnyside to provide access to Penn Station was quietly abandoned by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration in 2016 as the East Side Access project to ...