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67 The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is one of the two subsidiaries of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NYMTA) that operates commuter rail service. The other is the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company (Metro- North). NYMTA is a public benefi t corporation of the State of New York, responsible for developing and implementing a unifi ed mass transportation policy for New York City and Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suff olk, and Westchester counties. The LIRR system comprises more than 700 miles of track on 11 different branches, stretching from Montaukâon the eastern tip of Long Islandâto the refurbished Penn Station in the heart of Manhattan. Along the way, LIRR serves 124 stations in Nassau, Suff olk, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, providing service for some 87.6 million customers each year around the New York metropolitan region. Almost all daily trains originate or terminate at one of the four stations, including Penn Station in Manhattan, Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, and Hunterspoint Avenue and Long Island City in Queens. All of these terminals provide connections to NYMTA New York City Transit subway service. All but one of the 11 branches pass through the important Jamaica hub, where customers may change trains to connect to other branches or terminals. LIRR operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including all holidays, with service intervals varying by destination and time of day. NYMTA operates commuter rail services in the transportation district through its subsidiaries, LIRR and Metro-North. Although the chairman and members of NYMTA, by statute, are also the chairman and members of the subsidiaries and affi liates, these agencies have their own management structures that are responsible for their day-to-day operations. Each agencyâs president, who serves as its chief operating offi cer, oversees the day-to-day operation of each of the commuter rail services. GOVERNANCE HISTORY B&J was incorporated and started building its 10-mile-long route from the East River in Brooklyn along Atlantic Avenue to Jamaica. LIRR was chartered. The Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad (B&J) was completed, and LIRR immediately leased it. The rail route through Connecticut was built, and LIRR decided to focus on local passenger service. LIRR built additional lines off the main line to be closer to the Islandâs inhabitants. LIRR was bought out by Poppenhusen. Austin Corbin took over LIRR. The railroad prospered and expanded to more or less its greatest limits. LIRR took over the New York, Brooklyn, and Manhattan Beach Railroad, which had been built in 1876. Part of this railroad line currently forms LIRRâs freight-only lineâBay Ridge Branch. PRR bought a controlling interest as part of its plan for direct access to Manhattan. New York State bought the railroadâs controlling stock from the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and put it under the newly formed Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (now NYMTA). NYAR took over operation of freight rail service on the LIRR system. LIRR began to replace its aging diesel fl eet, which dated from the 1940s and 1950s, with new bi-level coaches and locomotives. The railroad began replacing its electric fl eet with the more modern M-7 multiple unit fl eet. 1832 1834 1836 1850 1876 1880 1882 1900 1966 1997 1998 2002 2015 NYMTA received a $967.1 million FRA RRIF loan to pay for installation of a PTC signaling safety system at LIRR and Metro-North. LIRR Long Island Rail Road New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York CityâLong Island, NY
68 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 2: Commuter Rail System Profiles PERFORMANCE STATISTICS Past Trends 2012â2016 Service Data in RY* 2016 Data source: NTD *Report year: for each report year, NTD collects data refl ecting the reporterâs operation in the same fi scal year. Annual Operating Cost: $1,309,290,914 Total Directional Route Miles: 638 Passenger Car Revenue Miles: 66,763,465 Unlinked Passenger Trips: 103,196,857 Annual Total Passenger Miles: 2,154,354,158 Operating Cost per Passenger Car Revenue Mile Operating Cost per Passenger Passenger Trips per Passenger Car Revenue Mile Passenger Miles per Passenger Trip $19.61$19.11$19.56$18.81$18.54 20162015201420132012 $12.69$13.08$13.31$12.28$12.00 20162015201420132012 1.551.461.471.531.54 20162015201420132012 20.88 22.50 19.59 21.7721.49 20162015201420132012 FRA regulates and monitors all compliances of its required plans and programs for the LIRR commuter rail service. Because LIRR employees self-operate the commuter rail system and deliver all services, LIRR is the agency that is responsible for developing resiliency plans, implementing service recovery strategies, delivering capital programs, and reporting data that meet the requirements of the National Transit Database (NTD) to the Federal Transit Administration. operations as a subsidiary of NYMTA has resulted in the development over time of internal expertise and departments that perform the activities that are typically contracted at other North American commuter railroads. As a result, no current contracts for performing commuter rail services were identified at LIRR. LIRR does contract freight rail service over its operating network to the New York and Atlantic (NYAR) Railway. NYAR began freight service in 1997 with an initial franchise period of 20 years. The parties renewed the agreement for another decade in 2017. In May 2015, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $967.1 million Railroad Rehabilitation and Infrastructure Finance (RRIF) loan to NYMTA to pay for installation of a positive train control (PTC) signaling safety system covering both LIRR and Metro-North. In November 2013, NYMTA contracted with a joint venture of Bombardier Transportation and Siemens Rail Automation to design and integrate the PTC system. CONTRACTED SERVICE LIRRâs long operational history as a separate railroad company prior to
LIRR 69 AâAgency; BâHost Railroad (RR); CâAmtrak; DâIndependent Contractor (RR or Non-RR) Notes for Matrix: 1. Implementation of the PTC system is under way. 2. An independent contractor, NYAR, provides freight rail service. A B C D Train Operations Maintenance of Infrastructure Maintenance of Equipment Specifi cally: Train Dispatching Services Train Operations Maintenance of Equipment Facilities Maintenance Maintenance of Way Provision of Electric Traction Signals and Communication Positive Train Control Maintenance (1) Station Operations and Maintenance Non-revenue Equipment Provision Safety Management Security Services Environmental Services Management/Oversight Services Materials Management Services Risk Management Assessment Customer Service Functions Marketing Communications Ticketing/Sales Revenue Collection Information Technology Systems Accident/Fatality Investigations/Support Supplemental Work Other (2) Contracted Service Matrix The matrix below illustrates the responsibility for major service functions for LIRR. The capital letter A represents the NYMTA in-house staff (LIRR), and capital letter D represents an independent contractor. In this case, B for the host railroad and C for Amtrak, are not applicable.