MTA Long Island Rail Road

Press Releases

New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad ridership and on-time performance have all improved in the first half of the year while customer satisfaction...
July 15, 2025
The seven agencies awarded an APTA Rail Safety and Security Award were evaluated based on the effectiveness, benefit level, innovation and transferability of some their projects...
July 2, 2025
The M-9A cars are needed to replace Metro-North Railroad's M-3 cars that are beyond their service life and allow the LIRR to retire its M-3 cars.
June 24, 2025
The project will create faster, more frequent and more reliable service on the Q70 LaGuardia Link bus line that connects the airport with the subway in Jackson Heights, N.Y., ...
March 31, 2025
Metro-North Railroad saw a 100 percent on-time performance day across all three train lines for the 21st time on March 9 while Long Island Rail Road has seen a 2025 year-to-date...
March 13, 2025
Many projects, including more reliable new subway cars, more efficient new LIRR locomotives, station accessibility improvements and signal upgrades to the A and C lines in Brooklyn...
Dec. 23, 2024
The RFP represents a major step in the design of the transformative transit project, which will connect communities in Brooklyn and Queens, N.Y., to 17 subway lines, 51 current...
Oct. 30, 2024

Blogs

Larry Penner
Larry Penner
Some critical details were missing from New York Sen. Chuck Schumer's announcement that he has secured $72 million from the United States Department of Transportation for various...
Nov. 22, 2024
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
The original Brooklyn Manhattan Rapid Transit and Interboro Rapid Transit shuttles subway systems were constructed and managed by the private sector with no government operating...
Oct. 25, 2024
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
There is always an agreed upon baseline construction schedule between the MTA and the construction contractor.
Oct. 18, 2024
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
The promise by the MTA that the purchase of 1,500 new NYC Transit subway and 500 new LIRR and Metro-North commuter rail cars will be delivered and in revenue service under the...
Oct. 4, 2024
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
MTA will have to revise its proposed 2025 - 2029 Five Year Capital Plan to deal with a more realistic level of future funding. availability.
Sept. 27, 2024
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
Depending upon where you live, consider the public transportation alternative. Try riding a local or express bus, paratransit or commuter van, ferry, light rail, commuter rail...
Sept. 20, 2024
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
It is unfair to keep asking commuters to pay a higher fare and continue to see so many who routinely go unpunished for not paying their fare.
Aug. 30, 2024
Larry Penner
Larry Penner.
The failure to initiate the new ferry service as recently announced by the city of Glen Cove, N.Y., Mayor Pamela Panzenbeck will result in the city having to pay back the Federal...
Aug. 16, 2024
Larry Penner
Larry Penner.
The number one priority for the MTA should always be to reach and maintain a state of good repair.
July 12, 2024
Electrification of the MTA LIRR Port Jefferson branch has been periodically advocated since the 1950s by generations of elected officials with no success.
June 7, 2024

Articles

The transition to zero-emission technology on the bus side is well documented, yet significant challenges remain for passenger rail agencies to make a similar net-zero transition...
Feb. 18, 2025
The week was launched by OLI in 2017 to focus attention on the importance of making safe choices when driving or walking near railroad tracks and trains.
Sept. 27, 2024
Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Lirr Patrick Cashin
The proposal calls for a rail connection for Queens and Brooklyn residents that would improve mobility into Manhattan, as well as around the surrounding communities.
Jan. 6, 2022
Railroad Construction Company’s thorough planning, quality communication and flexibility set it up to successfully deliver LIRR’s New Mid-Suffolk Electric project.
June 8, 2021
The $1.6-billion train hall and improved NY Penn Station will operate as one complex designed for passenger comfort.
Jan. 4, 2021
The annual recognition honors transit agencies for innovative and proactive safety and security programs.
Sept. 23, 2020

Additional content from MTA Long Island Rail Road

Riders and employees use a QR code to report any mess or complaint on bathroom tidiness in the stations to improve LIRR maintenance and efficiency.
Oct. 29, 2024
The agency is working to make traveling independently for people with disabilities a reality by giving blind, low vision and deaf or blind customers the ability to navigate its...
Oct. 2, 2024
Jacobs will provide program management services, overseeing construction and commercial management, design compliance and risk identification.
Sept. 27, 2024
Posters with a QR code containing a survey that is unique to each station will be adhered to the walls inside of the restrooms where they can be easily seen.
June 26, 2024
The six agencies awarded an APTA Rail Safety and Security Award were evaluated based on the effectiveness, benefit level, innovation and transferability of some their projects...
June 5, 2024
Work needs to be completed on the Portal Bridge North, followed by the start and completion of Portal Bridge South.
May 24, 2024
The MTA is utilizing OMNY as its contactless fare payment system to give subway and bus customers a simpler way to pay for their fares using credit or debit card, smartphone, ...
May 22, 2024
LIRR assets have shifted control several times in its long history, but it remains a part of the New York City regional transportation landscape.
April 26, 2024
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Rob Free.
Free had been serving as LIRR’s acting president for the past six months.
April 12, 2024
Recent news reported overtime for MTA employees grew to a record $1.4 billion in 2023.
April 12, 2024
The next phase of a major reconfiguration of the Harold Interlocking will be disappointing to thousands of daily riders.
March 29, 2024