Hochul vowed to make further vestments in the LIRR, citing performance improvements by the $2.5 billion, 10-mile-long Third Track through the Main Line in Nassau that opened in 2022, and a 76% ...

The full Long Island Railroad (LIRR) service to Grand Central Madison will begin on Monday, February 27. All 11 branches of the LIRR will offer service to Grand Central Madison and Penn Station.

With full service now available at Grand Central Madison, the LIRR adds about 300 trains per weekday on top of the roughly 660 trains already in operation, officials have said.

The first train to Grand Central on Jan. 25 will start at Jamaica at 10:45 a.m., and is scheduled to arrive at the new terminal in the East Side of Manhattan at 11:07 a.m.

The only catch is that you can’t mix and match networks—so your LIRR monthly won’t get you on a Metro-North train and vice versa. Also worth noting: A few Long Island trains are exempt.

Smoothest ride on the Long Island Rail Road," said another. All branches of the LIRR now make stops at Grand Central Madison, with 274 additional trains each weekday -- a 41% increase in services.

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The most heavily staffed train in the entire system before the pandemic struck was a weekend afternoon train, 6102, running between between Penn Station and Babylon, LI, which had 11 LIRR workers ...