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Country profileUSA: New York East Side Access - project map
USA: East Side Access project map – link from LIRR to New York Grand Central
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NewsLong Island Rail Road opens its Grand Central Madison hub in New York
USA: Long Island Rail Road opened its Grand Central Madison deep-level station beneath New York’s famous Grand Central Terminal on January 25.
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Metro Report InternationalNew York revises CBTC programme to prioritise reliability over peak-hour capacity
USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is to revise its programme to roll out communications-based train control across the Subway network under proposed amendments to its 2020-24 Capital Plan.
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Metro Report InternationalNew York Port Authority proposes 14 alternatives to LaGuardia peoplemover
USA: The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has drafted 14 options for enhanced public transport access to New York’s LaGuardia airport which could offer an alternative to the now-aborted peoplemover link promoted by former state governor Andrew Cuomo. Upon taking office, Cuomo’s successor ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York to trial platform screen doors
USA: Platform screen doors are to be installed at three Subway stations in New York as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s efforts to improve the safety of the metro network.
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Metro Report InternationalHarlem Subway station storm-proofed
USA: Urbahn Architects and Zafra Minhas Construction have completed a $1·8m flood mitigation and storm resilience programme at New York City Transit’s 155th Street/8th Avenue Subway station in Harlem, served by B and D Local trains. After the extensive flooding and damage caused by storm Sandy ...
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NewsNew York MTA awards $2∙9bn Penn Station Access contract
Photo: Amtrak USA: New York MTA has awarded a 63-month design and build contract to a joint venture Halmar International and RailWorks for work on the Penn Station Access programme. To be completed within a budget of $2∙9bn, the programme covers the four-tracking of a 30 ...
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Metro Report InternationalGubernatorial visit marks progress on New York’s $11bn East Side Access programme
USA: Governor of New York State Kathy Hochul was among the first dignitaries to travel by rail into Long Island Rail Road’s deep-level platforms being built beneath New York’s Grand Central Terminal, arriving on a special train on October 31.
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Country profileNew York & Jersey City - city map
New York & Jersey City, USA: urban area rail network map
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Organisations
MTA Staten Island Railway (SIR)
Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA)
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Organisations
NJ Transit Rail Operations Inc
In 1983 NJ Transit, a State Agency, took over commuter lines formerly run by Conrail under contract. It operates 11 routes, the New York State portions of the Pascack Valley and Port Jervis lines being worked under contract from the New York MTA. NJ Transit also operates over 210 km ...
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Organisations
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
A public benefit corporation of the State of New York, MTA was created in 1965 and is responsible for almost all public transport operations in the New York area. See New York network map. Five subsidiaries operate the city’s bus, metro (MTA New York City Transit and MTA Staten Island ...