The oldest house in Northport, Long Island, a North Shore town known for shipbuilding, was built in 1761, and the first rail station was built in the village a little over one hundred years later as part of the eastward expansion of rail service to Port Jefferson. Last year Northport…
The Port Jefferson Branch, along the beautiful North Shore of Long Island, is where you’ll find some of Long Island’s loveliest and oldest LIRR stations. The modernization of four of these stations – Port Jefferson, Stony Brook, Northport and Syosset – was completed this year, with impeccable renovations of…
Long Island Rail Road will complete the replacement of track switches east of Syosset over the weekends of August 10-11 and 17-18, work that began on the last weekend in July. These devices allow the railroad to safely switch trains from one track to another between Huntington and Hicksville –…
As part of the new MTA Live Media Program, four digital communication screens have been installed, as a test, in an LIRR M7 car. Live screens have been installed in many LIRR stations, as well as in subway stations and in Grand Central Terminal. Through this program, more than 53,000…
Whether by seeing or feeling, passengers know they’re at the edge of a train platform thanks to these ubiquitous bumpy yellow tiles. Invented by Seiichi Miyake, the first tactile warning strips we installed in Okayama, Japan on March 18, 1967 next to a school for the blind. To this day…
If you’re waiting for a train – or you’ve just stepped off one – and your smartphone or tablet or laptop is out of power, the LIRR has a solution for you: you can now find freestanding USB charging stations and/or technology counters at 19 LIRR stations. These stations are:…
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road officials today announced the opening of the first phase of three newly renovated railroad station buildings – at Brentwood, Deer Park, and Northport — bringing modernized touches to improve the customer experience for more than 11,000 daily weekday riders. These three stations…
Construction is almost complete at Northport Station, and the station building is scheduled to be open the week of November 12th. Interior demolition is complete and electrical and plumbing rough‐in are ongoing. Most exterior painting is finished, and gutters are being installed. HVAC installation continues, as does the rough‐in for…
Construction at Northport Station continues and is scheduled for completion this month. Soffit installation and masonry work are complete, while plumbing and electrical rough-in are near completion – the fire and burglar alarm rough in are continuing. Bathroom gypsum installation and painting continue, and the installation of the station’s Terrazzo…
Construction is underway at Northport Station. The station interior is scheduled to be renovated and to offer new amenities to LIRR customers, including an electronic information totem, LCD display screens, MTA Arts & Design permanent artwork, new benches, wayfinding signage and Wi-Fi. A temporary bus stop has been relocated, and…
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