Artist Timothy Hyunsoo Lee created a series of 45 laminated glass panels entitled “Come Back Home” (2018) for Stewart Manor Station. Inspired by and derived from a series of original watercolor paintings, “Come Back Home” responds to the landscape of Stewart Manor and to the nearby community. The works take…
Platform level accessibility has improved with two new hydraulic elevators and a new northside station plaza connecting Main Street with the 40th Road passageway. Flushing Main Street Station is now home to a new ticket office, energy-efficient LED lighting, CCTV security cameras, new staircases and stair canopies, and charge ports….
Wi-Fi has been successfully installed at all stations along the LIRR Expansion Project-Floral Park to Hicksville. These stations are: Floral Park New Hyde Park Merillon Avenue Mineola Carle Place Westbury Hicksville Wi-Fi is now accessible on the platform at each of these stations and free for LIRR customers.
After decades of talk and years of construction, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority expects to finish construction of the Long Island Rail Road second track between Ronkonkoma and Farmingdale by the end of summer. That is worthy of applause…
On a plain wall between tracks 113 and 114, a plywood door separates old from new at Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. It is the inconspicuous entrance to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $11.1 billion East Side Access project — currently among the largest construction undertakings in the U.S.
Construction of retaining walls under the railroad trestles on Accabonac Road and North Main Street in East Hampton Village, which began earlier this month, is expected to continue until spring 2019.
Construction is underway at Stony Brook Station. Demolition work on the station has commenced, and the temporary waiting room is open. Planned improvements include the addition of customer amenities such as a charging station, improved wayfinding signage, information displays and Wi-Fi. New lighting and CCTV security cameras will be installed…
Construction has started at Bellmore station on August 6th. New features will include platform repairs, platform canopy roofing rehabilitation and renovation of the platform waiting room, which will include new windows, doors, wall tiles, lighting and a new HVAC system for customer comfort. See new photos of the temporary ticket…
Representatives from the Long Island Rail Road Expansion Project from Floral Park to Hicksville attended Town of North Hempstead’s National Night Out on Tuesday, August 7th. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that takes place in cities and towns all across the country in an effort to promote…
New platform edge tactile warning strips and rubbing boards have been installed for your safety. Additional ongoing work at Stewart Manor includes art glass fabrication, platform railing installation and shelter shed construction.
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