LIRR

The LIRR has halted accepting cash payments at ticket counters and on trains as a way to help the spread of coronavirus.

A Long Island Rail Road employee tested positive for the coronavirus, officials announced Sunday.

Despite subways and buses continuing to run normally, ridership across the MTA has drastically dropped amid coronavirus concerns, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office revealed on Thursday.

A stretch of the Ronkonkoma Branch was briefly suspended Friday morning after a person was struck by a "non-passenger" train, the LIRR said.

The MTA announced Wednesday that they have contracted an engineering firm to study potential train service connections or transfers along the freight line that connects Bay Ridge and Astoria.

Santas returning from Manhattan’s SantaCon helped subdue a drunken LIRR rider who was spewing anti-gay slurs and swinging a knife before stabbing another rider in the leg, police and witnesses say.

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP) -- A Long Island Rail Road train derailed in Jamaica, Queens Friday night. "Two cars of the 8:56PM train from Penn due Babylon at 10:11PM derailed just east of Jamaica," the LIRR Tweeted. An MTA statement says the derailment took place around a half-hour after the 10-car...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – The MTA board unanimously approved a $51.5 billion capital spending plan that would cover a variety of projects aimed towards upgrading the transit system Wednesday. The plan spans the next five years and addresses the subway, buses, Metro-North and Long Island Railroad. Over...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The MTA released the 2020-2024 Capital Plan on Monday that proposes investing $51.5 billion into the region’s subways, buses and railroads over the next five years in order to fix and create a faster, more accessible, and more reliable public transportation system. The...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The Long Island Rail Road rolled out their first new train cars in nearly two decades during Wednesday's morning rush hour. The eight-car M9 train debuted at 6:50 a.m., going from Huntington to Hunterspoint Avenue with additional runs throughout the day on the Hempstead and...