In a letter dated Aug. 14, union leaders wrote the National Mediation Board indicated the LIRR and unions were unable to reach a voluntary settlement.

Transit officials are apparently acknowledging that the five day, in-office work week is dead. The Metropolitan ...

The Long Island Rail Road could face a strike by or lockout of five unions as soon as Sept. 18 after the National Mediation ...

It looks like another week of headaches for commuters on the Long Island Rail Road. Scheduling snarls caused by the opening of the $12.7 billion Grand Central Madison terminal — ten years beh… ...

The Long Island Rail Road’s long-awaited new train cars are expected to be further delayed by three months, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s independent consultant.

The Long Island Rail Road will add Friday trains year-round to the South Fork Commuter Connection Service. Previously, the Friday trains to the Hamptons stopped running between Memorial Day and ...

Long Island Rail Road Revisiting the LIRR massacre, 30 years later Dec. 7, 2023, marks 30 years since a gunman killed six people and injured 19 others on a Long Island railroad train.

In 1905, the Pennsylvania Railroad used some of its mammoth fortune to modernize large portions of the Long Island Rail Road through electrification and grade-crossing elimination projects.

Phillip Eng is president of the MTA Long Island Rail Road. Sign up for Long Island Press’ email newsletters here. Sign up for home delivery of Long Island Press here.

With 2020 over and with the Covid-19 vaccine distribution underway, I know we’re all hopeful for a fresh start in 2021. And I’m proud to say that going into the new year, the Long Island Rail ...