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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 ...
Transit type: Commuter rail, local and express bus, subway, bus rapid transit: Number of lines: 19 commuter rail routes 8 Metro-North routes; 11 LIRR routes; 26 rapid transit routes 25 subway routes; 1 Staten Island Railway route; 333 bus routes 238 local routes; 75 express routes; 20 Select Bus Service routes; Daily ridership: 3.6 million ...
MYmta is intended to combine MTA functionalities that are already available in separate apps such as Subway Time, Bus Time, and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad Train Time applications into one all-encompassing application. [2]
[141] [142] In early 2024, to discourage fare evasion, the MTA reconfigured emergency exits at three stations so the exits opened only after a 15-second delay. [143] [144] The MTA also allocated $1 billion in its 2025–2029 Capital Program to install new faregates at selected stations to deter fare evasion. [145] [146]
Amtrak/ConnDOT, MTA P32AC-DM; Shoreliner coaches 550 hp Owned by MTA and ConnDOT (CTDOT units had Amtrak logos in addition to State of CT seal.) Used on branch lines of Metro-North and Amtrak's Springfield line. CTDOT de-powered their units for Shore Line East. Those have since been retired in favor of Ex-VRE Mafersa push-pull coaches.
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 MTA announced in May 2023 as part of wider fare changes, that a discounted ticket option would be introduced which would provide the same discounts as a regular CityTicket. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In August 2023, the special fare was unveiled and implemented as the Far Rockaway Ticket. [ 12 ]
In 2003, the LIRR and Metro-North started a pilot program in which passengers traveling within New York City were allowed to buy one-way tickets for $2.50. [63] The special reduced-fare CityTicket, proposed by the New York City Transit Riders Council, [63] was formally introduced in 2004. [64]