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Can anyone elaborate as to why the open bay at Urban Ave is to north of the current No1 track? Yet they’re clearing the ROW south of No2 track in that area. Will the bridge span be repositioned come September for a few hours over night? Or at a later date closer to the start of service. It appears ...

While double-tracking of the whole stretch from Great Neck to Port Washington is a complicated thing, timetabling and operations could be a lot more flexible with an interlocked loop from out of Plandome Station to Port Washington. This could begin after turning east north of Plandome and incorporat...

Locations studied for a yard in the Northport/Kings Park area include - the area between Pulaski Rd and Sunken Meadow State Pkwy - former Kings Park Psychiatric Center - a spot adjacent to St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center Old planning document on the subject: https://web.archive.org/web/2005121...

From my (European, clockface schedule influenced) POV: To provide capacity for a regular 1 tph (60 min interval clockface schedule) service on the East End of the Montauk Branch in both directions, the minimum infrastructure required would be - a second side platform at Patchogue, better including a...

To be more exact here: Source: LIRR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND PLANNING STUDIES - STATUS UPDATE - March 2019 http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/190325_0930_LIRR.pdf Page 46 10.Huntington/Port Jefferson Branch Yard LIRR is undertaking an initiative to evaluate feasibility of improving service and ...

I have been hearing about the Port Jefferson electrification for close to 40 years. In this MTA LIRR video dated 2/6/19, 56 seconds into video, if we are to believe the MTA LIRR they are moving forward "to begin Central Branch and Port Jefferson Electrification" planning and scope are und...

Twenty million dollars to study the feasibility of moving the single car station used by fifteen people twice a day. That's $ 1,333,333 per passenger. 20 big ones for a study, insane, [...] Hey everyone, in order to calm things down a bit, I recommend reading the following lines from the bottom of ...

Hello everybody, a few weeks ago I came up with an updated listing for the M9 and M9A procurement contracts taken from LIRR Board Materials. I mentioned the M9A contract has a provision for 30 'LIRR Option Coaches' - the purpose of which was discussed in this thread thereafter. [...] 3. The M9A proc...

Budd and Dutch, thank you both for pointing out again and so clearly the MoE/shop aspect. I was aware that coupling the 'S' car in between the A and B with the drawbar connection etc. is not something that is done in 5 minutes. I supposed that with this done though, the fixed 3 car configuration cou...

Do you know facts that preclude the potential LIRR M9A 'S' or 'C' cars from being specified, built and delivered with the required drawbar/reception, air hoses, electric jumpers etc, or was the 'not possible' still related to what is known from the M8?

Hello everyone! The PDF materials for the Monday, October 22, 2018 MTA Board Metro-North and LIRR Committee meeting contain some interesting facts and updates concerning the M9 and especially M9A procurement. Link: http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/181022_0830_MNRLI.pdf 1. The LIRR expects to '...

What about the half hour off peak & weekend service that was promised. Braves: More then likely half hour Ronkonkoma Branch frequencies will have to wait until both the Floral Park-Hicksville Third Track Project and the major schedule changes to be implemented with the final completion of ESA a...

4 car platforms were never dangerous. During high ridership periods with large crowds, under-dimensioned platforms are always dangerous because of the lack of standing room for waiting passengers and the imminent danger that someone is pushed onto the tracks. Crowds like this are frequent and espec...

Hey everyone, http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/180723_0930_LIRR.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; LIRR Committee Meeting July 2018 - p.46 - 49 Construction Schedule * Weekend outages Farmingdale - Ronkonkoma on August 4-5, August 11-12, August 18-19 & August 25-2...

Hey everyone, http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/180723_0930_LIRR.pdf LIRR Committee Meeting July 2018 - p.46 - 49 Construction Schedule * Weekend outages Farmingdale - Ronkonkoma on August 4-5, August 11-12, August 18-19 & August 25-26 * August 6-10 second track Deer Park - Brentwood out of...