Long Island Rail Road (controlling interest for many years)

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commuter rail system public transportation system railroad

The Long Island Rail Road is a major commuter rail system serving Long Island and connecting it to New York City, recognized as one of the busiest and oldest railroads in the United States.

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Label Occurrences
Long Island Rail Road 2
Long Island Rail Road (controlling interest for many years) canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commuter rail system ⓘ
public transportation system ⓘ
railroad ⓘ
acquiredBy Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
acquisitionYear 1966 ⓘ
connectsWith Long Island Bus and other bus systems ⓘ
New York City Subway ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electrification 750 V DC third rail ⓘ
fareSystem zone-based ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasLine Babylon Branch ⓘ
City Terminal Zone ⓘ
Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
Hempstead Branch ⓘ
Long Beach Branch ⓘ
Main Line ⓘ
Montauk Branch ⓘ
Oyster Bay Branch ⓘ
Long Island Rail Road Port Jefferson Branch ⓘ
surface form: Port Jefferson Branch

Port Washington Branch ⓘ
Ronkonkoma Branch ⓘ
Hempstead Branch ⓘ
surface form: West Hempstead Branch
headquartersLocation Jamaica Station ⓘ
surface form: Jamaica, Queens
historicalControllingInterestHeldBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
historicalControllingInterestPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
isOneOf busiest commuter railroads in North America ⓘ
oldest railroads in the United States still operating under original name ⓘ
laterBecame primarily a commuter railroad ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
Nassau County, New York ⓘ
surface form: Nassau County

New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

Queens ⓘ
Suffolk County, New York ⓘ
surface form: Suffolk County
opened 1834 ⓘ
operator Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
originalPurpose intercity rail connection to Boston via Long Island and ferry ⓘ
owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
partOf Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form: MTA Long Island Rail Road
primaryFunction commuter transport between Long Island and New York City ⓘ
serves Long Island ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
terminus Atlantic Terminal ⓘ
Grand Central Madison ⓘ
Penn Station (New York City) ⓘ
surface form: Penn Station
usesRollingStock C3 bilevel coach ⓘ
DE30AC locomotive ⓘ
DE30AC locomotive ⓘ
surface form: DM30AC locomotive

M7 electric multiple unit ⓘ
M9 electric multiple unit ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennsylvania Railroad Company → owned → Long Island Rail Road (controlling interest for many years) ⓘ
AirTrain JFK → connectsWith → Long Island Rail Road (controlling interest for many years) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Island Rail Road
PRR → ownedSubsidiary → Long Island Rail Road (controlling interest for many years) ⓘ
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
this entity surface form: Long Island Rail Road