Search

Interesting story about Metro Norths new train simulators and PTC.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-se ... NoF-PrHX7k

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday will announce plans to build a new Long Island Rail Road train station to serve the New York Islanders’ proposed new arena at Belmont Park, according to a report from Long Island Business News. The development is not completely unexpected, as there had been rumb...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board, frustrated with the installation of federally mandated crash prevention technology for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, on Wednesday threatened to fire its contractor if its CEO doesn't show up at its next board meeting. At a Man...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board, frustrated with the installation of federally mandated crash prevention technology for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, on Monday threatened to fire its contractor if its CEO doesn't show up at its next board meeting. At a Manhat...

From the New York Times today. . Ask a New Yorker about their opinion regarding trains and you will likely get an earful about the sputtering subway system or the less-than-reliable commuter rail lines that stretch into the suburbs. But few New Yorkers have ever glimpsed, or even heard of, the New Y...

The state agency overseeing the Islanders’ $1.2 billion arena project at Belmont Park is expanding its environmental review to study the possibility of adding a full-time Long Island Rail Road station, sources said. The new station would be attached to the LIRR’s main line, just north of Belmont Pa...

From Newsday about the new signals. he LIRR has begun using a new kind of signaling system it says is less prone to problems, but the head of the railroad’s engineers’ union is raising concerns about the signals because they provide less information to train operators than the old ones. Kevin Sexton...

The MTA recently purchased Grand Central Terminal for $35 million, a deal which gave the agency more control over development projects happening at the landmark. And in one of their first orders of business, it looks like they’re mulling a massive undertaking to replace the train shed roof, accordi...

ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo said his lunch meeting Wednesday with President Donald Trump was "all positive," though the Republican president did not pledge any particular amount of funding to build a new rail tunnel across the Hudson River. Cuomo, a Democrat, traveled to the White House to...

However, one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the developer’s ambitious goal continues to be the lack of a viable mass transit solution, even as 11th-hour talks between the state and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority try to solve the daunting and pricey problem of providing adequate train...

The MTA will soon be the new landlord at Grand Central Terminal. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning to buy Grand Central Terminal and Metro-North’s Harlem and Hudson lines from a private holding company for $35 million. The MTA’s full board is expected to authorize the purchase T...

To the east of the Carl Place station looks like they have started clearing vegetation from the right of way.

Seems like they are making pretty good progress interesting seeing the pictures of how the caverns and the terminal under GCT is really coming along. From the September 24th LIRR Committe report http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/180924_LIRRCommitteeReport.pdf" onclick="window.open(th...

Definitely agree that electrification of the Central Branch is a good idea as a second way to get people to and from eastern points on the island if anything happened on the Babylon Branch or the Mainline. Was curious how many Montauk trains use the Central Branch each day?

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the completion of the Long Island Rail Road Double Track more than a year ahead of schedule. This historic project adds a second 13-mile track between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma — a segment of the LIRR that carries 48,000 riders every weekday — and will signif...