Leave something on your train? We can help! In October, the LIRR unveiled its new, bigger and brighter Lost and Found Office at Penn Station. The new facility is focused on functionality and customer experience, in keeping with the more spacious and light-focused design of the new Penn Station. The…
Look what’s been making its way around the project corridor: it’s our very own street sweeper! Aimed at cleaning streets from dust and debris caused by construction on the LIRR Expansion Project, the branded AModernLI street sweeper is making its rounds through the project-adjacent communities to keep streets clear of…
William Miller, left, joins local MWBEs at the LIRR Expansion Project’s Community Information Center to discuss the project. We spend a lot of time on AModernLI announcing and discussing the transformational projects and innovative construction techniques that are modernizing Long Island’s transportation system, but what about the exceptional people who…
With an aggressive 2019 in the books, the LIRR Expansion Project is full steam ahead for an ambitious 2020. In just one year, we constructed and installed three new bridges, eliminated two grade crossings, and installed 18,000 linear feet or 3.4 miles of sound and retaining walls. And we’re not…
Flaggers keep those working on or near the railroad safe and help ensure trains can keep running even when extensive construction is going on. Ready for a riddle? What do you, a transportation manager, and a railroad operations manager have in common? Answer: You all want to travel on the…
The MTA ended 2019 having completed almost two dozen Long Island Rail Road projects! Stations were modernized, new bridges were installed, grade crossings were eliminated…the Railroad even became the first North American railway (and first worldwide) to use lasers to blast leaf residue from its rails. The LIRR Modernization Program,…
During the past year, the LIRR Expansion Project successfully eliminated two grade crossings with underpasses beneath grade crossings at Urban Avenue in North Hempstead and Covert Avenue in New Hyde Park. Work was completed with only a weekend suspension of railroad services and a 180-day closure of the street. Work…
An Arctic blast, straight from the Great White North, recently hit Long Island, but it didn’t stop crews from getting the recently enhanced Ronkonkoma Station and the renovated Hicksville Station building gussied up for the holidays! The weather is brisk, but the mood has become decidedly festive: lampposts have been…
The LIRR has been recognized by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a program that has dramatically improved railroad safety through flexible delineators at railroad crossings and enhanced GPS alerts. The FRA is recommending other American railroads review research on the LIRR program and consider making similar upgrades at problematic…
Earlier this year the station building and platforms at Merrick were renovated, and the results are spectacular. The Merrick LIRR stop was first established over 150 years ago, in 1867. Over the years, a variety of station buildings were constructed at the site until a permanent station house was erected in 1902. Take a look at the photos and revisit Merrick Station, then and now.
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