WHAT NEWSDAY FOUND The MTA Board will vote this week on a $2.3 billion contract for the LIRR's next fleet of electric cars, which aim to replace the railroad's 40-year-old M3 cars. Under the ...

The MTA’s claims that it boosted Long Island Rail Road service by more than 40% with the launch of the Grand Central Madison station is being derailed by a new state audit. State Comptroller ...

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.

The transit agency ordered cars for the LIRR this week that will serve the MTA's East Side terminal, which was initially supposed to open in 1976.

The cars, designated as the M9A, will be designed and manufactured by Alstom Transportation and are expected to enter service in 2030, with 160 trains going to the LIRR and 156 to Metro-North by 2032.

While the MTA touted a 41% spike in the number of LIRR trains operating each day, the late May audit found the actual increase was more like 23%. Christopher Sadowski The additional service runs ...