The Long Island Rail Road is stepping up an initiative to fence off dangerous trespassing spots along its tracks. Last year, 22 people were fatally struck by LIRR trains. Ten of them were deemed ...

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.-- It took decades of debate and four years of construction, but finally on Monday Long Island Rail Road trains began using a brand new third track on the main line through ...

Despite a slew of overtime scandals, the Long Island Rail Road still allows its track maintenance employees to book shifts that are up to 84 hours long — stretching for more than three days ...

MTA Long Island Rail Road has completed its main line Third Track Project on time and under budget, providing the LIRR with a 9.8-mile triple-track section from Floral Park to Hicksville. LIRR said ...

The Long Island Rail Road will not be able to install batteries on existing trains so that they can operate where tracks are not electrified, as it had hoped to do. Fifteen months after the LIRR ...

The first section of the Long Island Rail Road's new Third Track is now in service. Construction began in September 2018 and cost about $2.6 billion. The long-awaited upgrade was planned and ...

He was charged with assault in connection with pushing a 39-year-old man off a platform in Queens on May 22, Newsday reported ...

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TikTok used location tracking to send “railroad themed suicide videos” to a Long Island teen living near a commuter train track before he tragically killed himself by walking in front of a ...

LIRR track workers report working excessively ... says an MTA inspector general report released Thursday. Employees of the Long Island Rail Road’s engineering department reported 5,255 work ...