Passenger Service Set to Return to New York City Route
By Eric Berger NEW YORK CITY — Passenger service will be returning to the New York City rail route now known as the Bay Ridge Branch of the Long Is...
By Eric Berger NEW YORK CITY — Passenger service will be returning to the New York City rail route now known as the Bay Ridge Branch of the Long Island Rail Road for the first time in 99 years. Most of the line has been freight-only since 1924 and is currently operated by LIRR's private freight partner, New York & Atlantic. On January 10, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the route would soon become a light rail line. The 14-mile line will begin near a junction of several Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway lines near Roosevelt Avenue west of Elmhurst, running south to Brownsville, where it curves westward to Bay Ridge.