LIRR Talk @lirrtalk
Commentary, history, news on the @LIRR and greater NYC area transit. An unofficial account not affiliated with @MTA. Joined August 2020-
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Sources say this is the line for sandwiches from the legendary Don Pepi Deli at universally beloved transit hub Penn Station.
Oh how I wish LIRR trains had cupholders instead of coffee cups & beer cans rolling around on the floor.
MTA announced construction is complete on the pocket track at Massapequa. It only cost $21.35 million!
Well, the LIRR is all sorts of fucked up tonight, but at least the long delay gave me the chance to try a new spot - Ha Long Bay in New Hyde Park
FINALLY my years of complaining have paid off!
Ronkonkoma to New York in 20 minutes? A new coalition wants to build a new high speed line between New York and Boston via Long Island. Will it come to fruition, or end up like LIRR's mythical 59 minute express? thelirrtoday.com/2021/07/north-…
👇Check out visualized LIRR service patterns.
Extremely important transportation information: Long Island Breweries and Beer Gardens Near @LIRR Stations new.mta.info/article/long-i…
Happening Now: moving the S12th St pedestrian underpass into perfect position under the @LIRR Main Line. The underpass will connect to #ADA ramps so commuters can easily access the new & improved #NewHydePark station. #MTA #LIRR #art #transit #architecture (📸credit TR & TM)
One of the nicest views you can get on the LIRR (marred only by carriage squealing and cell phone conversations)
The actual grade crossing has already been eliminated (street closed permanently) but looks like the pedestrian underpass is finally going in.
The actual grade crossing has already been eliminated (street closed permanently) but looks like the pedestrian underpass is finally going in.
I like the idea of an LI Sound rail tunnel and significantly reducing travel times between NYC and Boston, but at a cost of $105 BILLION?! And still no $ for the Queenslink or any other new subways in the outer boroughs?! nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-hi…
Dear reader, there’s simply nothing more clutch than pizza and a rail ticket at 1am.
Bike permits should be free (or better yet, eliminated entirely). Somehow @NYCTSubway manages to do without this despite being a much more crowded system.
☀️ Summer schedule insight.
Fine tuning TrainTime's Nearby Trains feature in the field with @ryan7oconnor If you haven't tried it yet, open the My Trips tab while onboard!
The Q Train @MilitaryThetea
155 Followers 650 Following Your Brodaway Express R68! || Railfan || Employed by the Nerv Scientific Division
Ariana Parasco @Aripara4
51 Followers 105 Following Working mom commuting from Port Washington NY, sharing the reality of this billion dollar debacle called ESA #LIRR #MTA
Abroderick17 @TheFin17
100 Followers 667 Following
Melissa Pascarella @MeliPasc
8 Followers 31 Following
Kate @KateRose87
24 Followers 591 Following New account: @Br00klynShannon Retweets ≠ advice or endorsement. 👩🏻🦱❤️👨🏼🚒➕🐶
everwich.bsky.social .. @everwich
489 Followers 3K Following Long Islander in Jersey・The parkway on-ramps are short because they weren’t meant for highway-speed travel ・ #EndHomeBans ・駐車→乗車
Bocaftw @B0bodgaf
10 Followers 44 Following Anti-social elder cat , best friend to antisocial elder human. Hate Trump, GOP,
Alina S. @Evelyn_518
1 Followers 41 Following
goodcow @goodcow
333 Followers 535 Following 👴🏻 🐈 🏢 🚇 Public transit, labor, and housing advocate. Usually a cat dad, but waiting to adopt again, and old man who complains a lot.
Chicago Urbanist @chi_urbanist
19K Followers 5K Following
Adam Batlan @LeoniaBatlan
2K Followers 2K Following Former Senior Advisor @NYCMayorsOffice, Chief Policy Officer @nyccomptroller, and Senior Researcher @nycfuture.
PR @patrickfmurphy
10 Followers 4K Following
Cap'n Transit @capntransit
5K Followers 334 Following Climate advocate, queer, ranting against bullshit for over 15 years. @[email protected]. [email protected]
Armenoush @armenoush_nyc
1K Followers 691 Following New York City is losing billions of dollars a year to placard abuse. Personal account. Ban gas powered leaf blowers.
James Trollo @jmtrollo
53 Followers 2K Following
Passengers United @PassengersUnite
2K Followers 2K Following We are the leading grassroots advocates in #NYC and the #TriStateArea for true equity, safety and accessibility in our mass transit for everyday commuters.
uws knicksfan @uwsknicksfan
20 Followers 493 Following
Adrian Pietrzak @zoningwonk
2K Followers 1K Following transit, housing, & municipal finance // @pupolitics PhD student // prior: 💼@cbcny 🎓@nyuniversity // internalize automobile externalities // (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Jake @Jake12030242
1 Followers 33 Following
David Fagan, MD @ElBeeDoc
262 Followers 779 Following Husband, father, pediatrician/children’s health advocate, music junkie and beach lover
Scott Carpman @ScottCarpman
176 Followers 1K Following Catalyst. Innovator. @RPI '12. Formerly: @Fanatics @ToppsDigital.
Jake Blumgart @jblumgart
11K Followers 2K Following Covering commercial real estate for the @PhillyInquirer. Formerly of @Governing, @NewStatesman, @WHYY and @PlanPhilly.
Jose Martinez @JMartinezNYC
10K Followers 4K Following Transit Reporter @THECITYNY 🕊 Previously on-air 📺 @NY1 & in print 🗞️ @nydailynews @nypost @lohud DMs: OPEN/email: [email protected] Support Local News
Alfonso Castillo @AlfonsoReports
3K Followers 2K Following Newsday transit reporter, typically found writing on, and riding on, the LIRR, especially those single seats on the old M3's. Email me: [email protected]
Jimmy @lirrengr67
23 Followers 142 Following
lb dumass @Lbdumass
9 Followers 100 Following
Emily 🌻 HarlemLine.. @HarlemRailroad
2K Followers 721 Following I write about art, history, railroad, & photography adventures from Harlem & beyond, plus other distractions. Not an official anything, opinions are my own.
Meg Merritt @mobilitymeg
1K Followers 1K Following Ⓜ️ovitas Ⓜ️obility & 🤘 UTSOA CRP Practicum Professor. Alum of UT 🐂, Penn 🔔, Cap Metro 🚍, Deloitte 🟢, and Nelson\Nygaard 🚲. Wife. Madre. Austinite.
⠠⠢⠙⣀⠷⣀⠠.. @XioNYC
798 Followers 201 Following
clevercommute @clevercommute
2K Followers 4K Following The leading source of commuter info. Try http://t.co/MsOEKtBZ0H to find info on YOUR commute
Switch and Signals @airtrain11
374 Followers 201 Following This Tweeter account is dedicated to LIRR and MTA switch or signal problems. How is your switch today? 😁
Abi FlowerPower @FireMedicChick
2K Followers 3K Following They/Them. Wiccan Witch. ADHDer. Activist. Tree Hugger. Whovian. First Responder. Pro Choice. 🟦. BLM, Non-Binary, Dog Mama. Super Auntie. 💙 NO DM’s.
Bigcliff @4a9651a43af346b
120 Followers 251 Following
Laura @la_cosgrove
183 Followers 551 Following Opinions and bad jokes my own. This is a disclosure that I work for Microsoft.
Christopher Bruno �.. @chrisbruno84
1K Followers 3K Following Economic Dev Dir @CityOfFairfaxVA / fmr counsel @NYC_SBS/ @Mike2020 alum/ Public Servant/ Sr. Fellow & alum @NYLawSchool, @FordhamNYC x2/ Urbanist/ views = mine
WalkBikeNow @WalkBikeNow
633 Followers 1K Following I like talking about livable places. And utility and social and kid cycling. And places for all ages and abilities. The revolution will not be single file.
Rockaway Beach Line @RWBeachLine
2K Followers 4K Following Advocating for the reactivation of the QueensRail/QueensLink (Rockaway Beach Branch) as part of the subway system to improve NYC connectivity & commute times
Douglas White @nfl94dw
35 Followers 253 Following
Jarvis Onabanjo @JARVISONABANJO
37 Followers 176 Following
Bill HG @punchbug72
68 Followers 175 Following
Lee @Lsavoy97
245 Followers 440 Following Long Island. I like to learn MMA sometimes 🥊🥋. #UFC #ThunderUp #FlyEaglesFly #RepBX
ItsEasyBeingGreen @Fresh_Kermit
1K Followers 1K Following Urban Planning, Bikes n' stuff, not being killed on the road https://t.co/yaTrYOlAOs
Austin Lomax @lomax_austin
158 Followers 2K Following Paralegal at @Fragomen. Get yourself a governor who loves transit/housing like Cuomo loved his muscle cars. May these tweets come back to haunt me in 20 yrs.
Suman @steadyblogging
2K Followers 5K Following Decreasingly steady on here. Teaching math at CUNY & @BklynInstitute--got @BISRGodel for latter
🇺🇸 Bad LIRR Rid.. @LIRRpassSuck
1K Followers 1K Following Posting and retweeting LIRR asshat passengers and other LIRR commuting issues/problems. send me your daily LIRR pics! Enjoy! 😁
Blair Lorenzo, The Fo.. @foxandcity
1K Followers 637 Following The world-famous urban theorist who…wait, this has to be honest‽ Independent professional urbanist and writer. ED @eta_ny she/her @[email protected]
Adam Batlan @LeoniaBatlan
2K Followers 2K Following Former Senior Advisor @NYCMayorsOffice, Chief Policy Officer @nyccomptroller, and Senior Researcher @nycfuture.
goodcow @goodcow
333 Followers 535 Following 👴🏻 🐈 🏢 🚇 Public transit, labor, and housing advocate. Usually a cat dad, but waiting to adopt again, and old man who complains a lot.
⠠⠢⠙⣀⠷⣀⠠.. @XioNYC
798 Followers 201 Following
Jake Blumgart @jblumgart
11K Followers 2K Following Covering commercial real estate for the @PhillyInquirer. Formerly of @Governing, @NewStatesman, @WHYY and @PlanPhilly.
The LIRR Today @TheLIRRToday
2K Followers 158 Following The latest news on commuting and travelling across Long Island. Opinions are the personal views of their author. Not an official LIRR account.
Emily 🌻 HarlemLine.. @HarlemRailroad
2K Followers 721 Following I write about art, history, railroad, & photography adventures from Harlem & beyond, plus other distractions. Not an official anything, opinions are my own.
DJ Hammers Trains @DJHTrains
1K Followers 180 Following DJ Hammers Trains is a collaborative effort by several NYC-area transit enthusiasts to bring you the best and most interesting transit video content!
Jason Rabinowitz ✈�.. @AirlineFlyer
87K Followers 1K Following Airlines, airplanes, transit, travel. #AvGeek. Co-host @flightradar24's AvTalk podcast. email: [email protected]. 🧵 https://t.co/sN5TXPYlhV
Amtrak Northeast @AmtrakNECAlerts
95K Followers 8 Following Real-time service delay information affecting two or more trains in the Northeast Region from VA to ME.
Gomez @TripleG_RTO
644 Followers 405 Following TWU Local 💯 🚇🚇🚇 RTO VP 🚨Train Crews Safety Over Service🚨
Rockaway Beach Line @RWBeachLine
2K Followers 4K Following Advocating for the reactivation of the QueensRail/QueensLink (Rockaway Beach Branch) as part of the subway system to improve NYC connectivity & commute times
Tickets Please @VlakPolarni
10 Followers 0 Following I just go to work everyday and hope passengers don’t kill me.
Amtrak @Amtrak
238K Followers 603 Following America’s Railroad 🚄 @AmtrakNECAlerts @AmtrakAlerts for service updates
Lee @Lsavoy97
245 Followers 440 Following Long Island. I like to learn MMA sometimes 🥊🥋. #UFC #ThunderUp #FlyEaglesFly #RepBX
Suman @steadyblogging
2K Followers 5K Following Decreasingly steady on here. Teaching math at CUNY & @BklynInstitute--got @BISRGodel for latter
Austin Lomax @lomax_austin
158 Followers 2K Following Paralegal at @Fragomen. Get yourself a governor who loves transit/housing like Cuomo loved his muscle cars. May these tweets come back to haunt me in 20 yrs.
ItsEasyBeingGreen @Fresh_Kermit
1K Followers 1K Following Urban Planning, Bikes n' stuff, not being killed on the road https://t.co/yaTrYOlAOs
Passengers United @PassengersUnite
2K Followers 2K Following We are the leading grassroots advocates in #NYC and the #TriStateArea for true equity, safety and accessibility in our mass transit for everyday commuters.
. @jvhawkins
1K Followers 799 Following
Metro-North Railroad @MetroNorth
112K Followers 107 Following Purchase tickets, plan your trip, and chat with us: https://t.co/8uJdMZUjAT For real-time updates, sign up for MTA Service Alerts: https://t.co/d6t8Eo7c90
MTA @MTA
1.4M Followers 195 Following We move the region that moves the world. For real-time updates, sign up for MTA Service Alerts: https://t.co/OhUg7IMT46
Right Track for LI @RightTrackforLI
261 Followers 140 Following Grassroots partnership representing 500k Long Islanders & growing who support a #3rdtrack on LIRRs main line. #ABetterLIRR https://t.co/U1OkfU9gFn
East Side Access @eastsideaccess
1K Followers 65 Following East Side Access will bring @LIRR service to Grand Central Terminal, delivering faster commutes, fewer delays, greater reliability & more options for customers.
Jose Martinez @JMartinezNYC
10K Followers 4K Following Transit Reporter @THECITYNY 🕊 Previously on-air 📺 @NY1 & in print 🗞️ @nydailynews @nypost @lohud DMs: OPEN/email: [email protected] Support Local News
John G. @JGL598
378 Followers 448 Following I use Twitter to mainly track LIRR service disruptions since they have poor communication ability. please unify rider frustrations with #WeDeserveBetter
Long Island Press @LongIslandPress
25K Followers 591 Following Long Island's premier news and lifestyle monthly magazine. Daily online.
LIRRidiculous @WTF_LIRR
952 Followers 7 Following Betcha LIRR never thought we could live without them
Jeremy "Looking for A.. @jeremyzorek
10K Followers 930 Following Rutgers '24, transit enthusiast/advocate, New Yorker now in Jersey, runs @BlessedTrains He/They, train good, car bad. ADHD, Autistic, Ferroequinologist
Permanent Citizens Ad.. @PCACriders
1K Followers 879 Following The voice for @MTA riders 🚇🚍🚆 Established in 1981, our legislative mandate is to advocate for @NYCTSubway, @NYCTBus, @LIRR, @MetroNorth, and SIR riders.
QueensLink @thequeenslink
2K Followers 609 Following Connecting Communities with Rails & Trails!! A grass-roots led campaign to create a new subway and parkway corridor along the abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch!
Straphangers Campaign @Straphangers
4K Followers 863 Following Since 1979, the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign has advocated for cleaner, safer and more affordable transit for New York City's 8.5 Million subway and bus riders.
Jason Anthony @JasonBXNY0619
2K Followers 5K Following Digital Media in Journalism student at LaGuardia CC 🇵🇷 🏳️🌈 #TransitGuru #Factchecker #Traveler #Photographer #IndependentThinker #OwnOpinion
Trains Magazine @TrainsMagazine
28K Followers 354 Following TRAINS, THE magazine of railroading, provides readers current, informative, and entertaining coverage of contemporary and historical topics.
Railway Age @RailwayAge
16K Followers 161 Following Railway Age, established in 1856, is North America’s leading railroad industry trade journal, reporting on the business of freight and passenger railroading.
The FRA @USDOTFRA
24K Followers 1K Following Official Twitter profile of @USDOT Federal Railroad Administration. It’s our mission to enable the safe, reliable and efficient movement of people and goods.
RAIL Magazine @RAILMag
26K Followers 5K Following The most extensive coverage of North American passenger rail on Twitter and now railmag handle over on bksy.
Switch and Signals @airtrain11
374 Followers 201 Following This Tweeter account is dedicated to LIRR and MTA switch or signal problems. How is your switch today? 😁
Newsday @Newsday
312K Followers 715 Following Breaking news and daily discussion on the latest happenings on Long Island. Send news tips or questions and join the conversation.
The Betchy Commuter @BetchyCommuter
1K Followers 718 Following The daily struggles of a girl trying to get to and from work on the LIRR Babylon line. #LongIslandFailRoad
NICE Bus @theNICEbus
2K Followers 332 Following The Official Twitter feed of the Nassau Inter-County Express. This site is NOT monitored 24/7. Concerns/complaints should be submitted to https://t.co/0YKtZbb6OO
Cap'n Transit @capntransit
5K Followers 334 Following Climate advocate, queer, ranting against bullshit for over 15 years. @[email protected]. [email protected]
Union Tpke @Union_Tpke
4K Followers 278 Following Pro-transit/housing/climate action. Aspiring transit planner. Edits Wikipedia. Our democracy+planet's habitability are@stake. Act like it. Opinions solely mine.
Uday Schultz 🚰 @A320Lga
8K Followers 646 Following I like trains. Opinions mine. he/him // @[email protected] + @a320lga.bsky.social
Patrick @c3pohara
426 Followers 56 Following All the news in fits of print. Any opinions expressed here are my own.
Will Fisher @wafisher
535 Followers 801 Following Special projects at the @MTA. Thoughts and opinions are definitely my own.
News12LI @News12LI
424K Followers 51 Following 24/7 Hyper-local breaking news, weather, traffic and more. Download our app or go to https://t.co/C7l2qNfOHz for updates. For news tips, call (516) 393-1200. #LongIsland
A view above Truckee, California, overlooking the original transcontinental railroad. Thanks to Cristobal Martinez, machine operator, Truckee, for this awesome photo!
New design on Metro-North's train arrival screens! Pretty snazzy. Might make some changes to sizing but it's pretty good.
I didn't realize that the wider Platform 10 at Penn Station was a late addition to the plan for the station. @lirrtalk @TheLIRRToday @alon_levy @sandypsj archive.org/details/newyor…
Not sure if cupholders are the way to go, but whatever happened to trash receptacles in every car? No, not just inside the bathrooms. Are the conductors really too busy to empty them when they get full?
Oh how I wish LIRR trains had cupholders instead of coffee cups & beer cans rolling around on the floor.
Funniest part was two old ladies talking to fare inspector—after complaining about how TVM's were confusing, one said "back a really long time ago—like 75 years ago—the conductor would come around & punch holes in your ticket" Oh, ma'am, the past is not as distant as you think!!
Riding TEXRail for first time. Very easy/cheap ($2.50 for an all day pass) The line's almost all single track, w/ passing sidings at stations—but they still offer 30 min headway most of the day. Amazing what can be done when a RR tries instead of using single track as an excuse!
guy on the lirr that keeps yawning in a comically loud way. me too guy
89 years ago, the first LIRR double-decker train went into service in 1932. Here is one of those models in Rockville Centre from 1948! 📷: Dave Morrison’s “Long Island Rail Road: Babylon Branch” #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #LIRR #LongIslandRailRoad
Anyone know how double-tracking from Great Neck to Port Washington was only estimated to cost $40.3 million ($101.75 million today) in 1985. I would have thought it would cost more due to the need to replace the Manhasset Viaduct. /1
It is a disgrace that only 13% of commuting mode share in North Jersey is by transit, and that the mean travel time to work is twice as long on transit. NJ Transit commuter rail needs to do a better job of serving intra-Jersey trips. (ht @capntransit) njtpa.org/NJTPA/media/Do…
~1.5 miles of tunnel coverage out of the 6.5 miles of total tunnel, and only 1 of 3 carriers ready to go. Not great stats on yet another @LIRR project that is many years behind schedule without explanation.
STAY CONNECTED: We now have WiFi in Atlantic Terminal and LTE cell service for Verizon subscribers in the tunnel between Atlantic Terminal & Bedford Ave. 📶 Just connect to "MTA Public WiFi" - no password needed. We'll have more cell carriers and expanded coverage this fall.📱
I love this 1939 LIRR Local Electric & Express Trains timetable for Hillside, Hollis, Bellaire, & Queens Village (Form LI-16). Service ran at least every 30 mins through the day, with service running as frequent as every 6-8 minutes during the peak. This was true rapid transit./1
I’m happy to announce the location of our second @ooneepod Hub in Brooklyn: 1045 Atlantic Avenue. With over 100 ultra affordable, secure #bikenyc public parking spots, this will change the game for #bikenyc in #bedstuy. nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/07/06/oon…
TIL that the New York Central's fare zone structure, instituted in 1964, was specifically designed to reduce short-haul/intermediate ridership-to speed service for Manhattan commuters. The Central's general solicitor openly admitted this before the changes took effect. /1
On track to Grand Central! 📷: @eastsideaccess #EastSideAccess #ESA #LIRR #LongIslandRailRoad
Suffolk County Transit launches new on-demand pilot ift.tt/3AscWVW
How to raise your platforms for less $: pre-fabricated edges, plastic "igloos" to save on concrete pouring
I mean my god, this is what the land use next to an LIRR stop less than an hour from the busiest train station in the Western Hemisphere looks like
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