The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has placed a $2.4 billion order with French train maker Alstom to deliver M-9A railcars for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Rail Road, the company ...

The Long Island Rail Road will receive a modern boost with the addition of nearly 200 M-9A railcars to the fleet in the next five years.

LIRR locomotive engineers make about $50 per hour, according to the railroad. That works out to about $2,000 in a 40-hour work week and $104,000 annually, without overtime and additional wages. By ...

While the MTA touted a 41% spike in the number of LIRR trains operating each day — from 665 to 936 daily — the late May audit found the actual increase was more like 23%, noting the stats were ...