Long Island Rail Road, NY

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Expansion project introduced a third rail track and upgraded existing infrastructure in 2022 for the busiest commuter railroad in North America, which carries an average of 301,000 customers each weekday.

The 3rd Track Constructors consortium – Dragados USA, Inc., John P. Picone Inc., CCA Civil, Inc., Halmar International LLC, Cameron Engineering and Rubenstein Associates, with Stantec as the design professional – completed the design and construction.

Executive Vice President with Infrastructure Stantec, Susan Walter, said, “Many of the stations were renovated, a few rebuilt, and lovely architectural features and new materials were brought in that blend in well with the existing community.

“The station upgrades, in addition to renovating the exterior, the interior were also all made completely ADA accessible.”

Specified by WXY, Street Furniture Australia supplied wall-fixed Concourse Seats and Aero Leaning Rails for five stations along the Main Line: Westbury, Carle Place, Mineola, Merillon and New Hyde Park.

Concourse Seat is a durable yet comfortable transit seating solution that features modular cast aluminium seat panels and frames. Specified with Sable Brilliance powder coat panels, and Palladium Silver frames. Armrests on each seat support ingress and egress for ADA (DDA), and to help more passengers to comfortably use the seat together.

Aero Leaning Rail is a robust short-term rest solution for narrow areas, ideal for crowded station platforms where space is at a premium. Specified with an anodised aluminium body and Palladium Silver frames.

The seating is wall-fixed with Street Furniture Australia’s standard wall-mount bracket, reducing visual clutter and making it easy to keep the platform clean.