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With an aggressive 2019 in the books, the LIRR Expansion Project is full steam ahead for an ambitious 2020. In just one year, we constructed and installed three new bridges, eliminated two grade crossings, and installed 18,000 linear feet or 3.4 miles of sound and retaining walls. And we’re not stopping there with an even more ambitiousRead more

As the LIRR Expansion Project Team continues on schedule after a spectacular 2019, LIRR crews will install new switches at Nassau interlocking this weekend, January 11-12, and again January 18-19, February 1-2, and February 8-9. This work will cause some service changes on these weekend Saturdays only. Keep reading for service details below. Temporary track outagesRead more

Thanks to the hardworking men and women of 3TC and the MTA/LIRR, the LIRR Expansion Project was recently noted in the press to be on track and ahead of schedule. For more on the efficiency and success of the project over the last year, check out the great feature story at FOX 5 New York.Read more

Train service affected on all branches The LIRR Expansion Project Team is gearing up for another productive year. On five successive Saturdays – January 4, 11, 18 and February 1 and 8 – LIRR and 3TC teams will be installing new switches at Nassau Interlocking. Temporary track outages are needed to complete this crucial projectRead more

The Linden Avenue pedestrian underpass to the Floral Park Recreation Center is now closed so workers can prepare to replace it with a new structure to accommodate a third LIRR track, as part of the LIRR Expansion Project. The underpass, originally constructed in 1960, currently provides pedestrian access to the Floral Park Pool and RecreationRead more

The LIRR Expansion Project from Floral Park to Hicksville, one of the region’s most significant transportation infrastructure projects, has ramped up in nearly every community along the nearly ten-mile stretch of mainline track. Each month, 3rd Track Constructors (3TC) provides a descriptive narrative about the upcoming construction activities taking place in each village. To learn moreRead more

What do concrete walls have to do with running railroad service? It means we’re fulfilling our commitment to being good neighbors, that’s what. So far, as part of the LIRR Expansion Project, we’ve installed nearly 18,000 linear feet of these walls along parts of the 9.8-mile project corridor. But what do these walls do? YouRead more

During the past year, the LIRR Expansion Project successfully eliminated two grade crossings with underpasses beneath grade crossings at Urban Avenue in North Hempstead and Covert Avenue in New Hyde Park. Work was completed with only a weekend suspension of railroad services and a 180-day closure of the street. Work at the next grade crossing elimination, School Street inRead more

The Covert Avenue grade crossing in New Hyde Park has been eliminated and reconstructed to provide a two-lane grade-separated underpass with a pedestrian sidewalk on the east side of the underpass. The roadway beneath the underpass was officially opened in October 2019, and the opening of bridges on 2nd and 3rd Avenues, which run parallel toRead more

Support of excavation work has begun for the new Plainfield Avenue bridge in Floral Park, one of several bridges that have been or will be replaced as part of the LIRR Expansion project from Floral Park to Hicksville. Once this phase of construction is complete, work will start on the bridge abutment. The Plainfield AvenueRead more