Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road, often called the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in New York. Its lines travel from Manhattan to Suffolk County on eastern Long Island. Over 334,000 people ride the LIRR every day. It is North America's busiest commuter railroad. It is also one of the few commuter systems in the world that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Long Island Rail Road
LIRR Map The Long Island Rail Road provides electric and diesel rail service east-west throughout Long Island, New York.
Reporting mark	LI
Locale	Long Island, New York
Dates of operation	1834–present (PRR-operated from 1928 to 1949)
Track gauge
Headquarters	Jamaica, NY 11435
Website	mta.info/lirr

The LIRR was created in 1834. It has never stopped operating since then. In the 1870s it was consolidated with the other railroads on Long Island. It is the oldest U.S. railroad that still has its original name. The LIRR has 124 stations and more than 700 miles (1,100 km) of railroad tracks, The LIRR has a total of 319 miles (513 km) of train routes.

It is owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The LIRR is one of two commuter rail systems owned by the MTA. The MTA also runs the Metro-North Railroad to New York's Hudson Valley and to Connecticut. It’s rolling stock consists of Budd M3 and Bombardier M7 EMUs from the 1980s and 2000s respectively, and Kawasaki M9 EMUs currently under construction. Diesel service is provided by Kawasaki C3 coaches pulled by EMD DE30AC and DM30AC locomotives, built in the late 1990s

LIRR Map
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Long Island Rail Road Media

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  George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845–1887). Station, Bay Shore, Long Island, September 1879. Collodion silver glass wet plate negative. Brooklyn Museum

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  LIRR (Montauk & NY) RPO cover (TR27) for the railroad's 100th anniversary in April 1934

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  The former LIRR ticket counter at Penn Station displays all locations accessible from Penn Station.

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  Long Island City station and yard

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  A schematic of the LIRR's routes, as well as the fare zones. This schematic is not to scale.

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  A map of diesel territory on the Long Island Rail Road

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  The Mets-Willets Point station.

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  The Mineola Intermodal Center (bottom left), as seen prior to the commencement of the construction on the Main Line's third track.

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  LIRR ticket vending machines, as seen at the Bethpage station.

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  The interior of an M7 car.