Happy Birthday, Long Island Rail Road! The LIRR turned 185 years old on April 24, and former LIRR branch manager and current LIRR historian Dave Morrison and others sat down with Newsday to reminisce about the railroad’s eventful history. Stephen
The Merillon Avenue substation, located at Atlantic Avenue and Hilton Avenue in the Town of North Hempstead, will be replaced as part of the LIRR Expansion Project from Floral Park to Hicksville. This substation is approximately 40 years old and nearing the end of its operational life. The Merillon Avenue substation replacement is necessary to accommodate the additional third track and support future growth of the LIRR. The Merillon Avenue substation replacement is part of a larger initiative to enhance service reliability and support system expansion throughout the LIRR and ultimately support the growth and development of Long Island.
On April 24th, the LIRR Expansion Project team hosted the monthly Mayors’ meeting at the LIRR Expansion Project Community Information Center in Mineola. Village and Town officials throughout the Project corridor convened to discuss ongoing construction activities: Tom McGuinness, MTACC
As part of the LIRR Expansion Project Floral Park to Hicksville, the MTA has developed a series of environmental and community commitments in coordination with the project-adjacent communities to minimize construction-related impacts: the MTA has established the Design-Builder Incentive Program,
On April 10th, members of the Suffolk County Economic Development team joined the LIRR Expansion Project team at the Community Information Center in Mineola to discuss ongoing progress. The team presented a project overview and showcased the latest construction milestones
The LIRR Expansion Project team continues to meet its commitments to LIRR commuters by notifying passengers of current train boarding and exiting procedures as construction continues. These notifications, spotted at Jamaica Station, inform commuters to board and exit the trains
On March 12th, the LIRR Expansion Project team met with members of the Garden City Estates Property Owners Association to discuss upcoming construction activities in and around the Village, including the Merillon Avenue Station enhancement project, the replacement of the
What does a substation do, and how does it work? There are 104 substations on the LIRR across all areas of the Rail Road’s electrified territory. At each of these substations, AC voltage is converted to DC voltage and safely
The LIRR Expansion Project has extended the registration deadline for its STEM Competition to March 6, 2019. Also, due to participant requests, the size of eligible groups has been increased: students may elect to work individually, in small groups or
Local elected officials and Village and Town administrators from LIRR Expansion Project-adjacent communities joined the LIRR Expansion Project team for the monthly Mayors’ Meeting at the Community Information Center in Mineola. The project team discussed many topics, including several upcoming
Representatives from the LIRR Expansion Project team joined the Garden City Friends of STEAM at the Garden City Public Library for an information session about the project’s cutting-edge STEM Competition. The project team presented to interested students and parents, and
