What to do with the gate at the end of South Lord Avenue in Lawrence brought a standing room only crowd to Lawrence Village Hall for the Nov. 9 board of trustees meeting to discuss safety and convenience surrounding the closed gate, an entrance and exit to the Inwood Long Island Rail Road station.
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By Parker Schug
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12/1/23
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is, unfortunately, usually in the news for billion-dollar boondoggles. But local issues and corporate governance problems plague the agency . . .
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By Jake Blumencranz
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9/28/23
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Riders are returning to mass transit offerings like the Long Island Rail Road — they’re just not doing it as fast as transportation officials say is necessary . . .
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8/3/23
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“What choice do we really have? said a Long Island Rail Road Hewlett station commuter, who declined to provide his name. “It’s the cost of living here.”
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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7/30/23
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A Far Rockaway branch Long Island Rail Road train struck a school bus in Hewlett on June 2.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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6/2/23
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As part of it’s annual maintenance program, the Long Island Rail Road will temporarily suspend train service from Valley Stream to Far Rockaway in both directions beginning on Friday April 27 at 11 p.m. until 3 a.m. on Monday May 1.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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4/27/23
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Essentially calling the opening of Grand Central Madison in New York's Upper East Side an ongoing process. Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Sunday to not only add Long Island Rail Road trains to Brooklyn during peak hours, but also to lengthen cars on a number of trains that exceeded capacity over the last week.
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STAFF REPORT
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3/5/23
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Once again, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has left coal in the stockings of Long Island Rail Road commuters.
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By Larry Penner
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1/12/23
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From a project nearly 25 years in the making, commuters looking to connect with Manhattan through the Long Island Rail Road will soon have a new option: Grand Central Terminal.
The new …
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By Juan Lasso
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6/9/22
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The Long Island Rail Road and Nassau Inter-County Express Bus are making significant strides to reduce their carbon footprints, with the LIRR testing battery-powered trains . . .
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11/25/21
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