Editing Long Island Rail Road (section)

==== Main Line projects ====
[[File:WyandanchDoubleTracks2018RRCrossing.jpg|alt=The completed second track, as viewed from the reconstructed Wyandanch station.|thumb|The completed second track, as viewed from the reconstructed Wyandanch station.]]
In 2012, the LIRR started adding a second track along the formerly single-tracked section of the Main Line between [[Farmingdale station|Farmingdale]] and [[Ronkonkoma station]]s to increase track capacity and allow for enhanced service options.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 16, 2013 |title=Double Track' Information Center Opens Today at Ronkonkoma Station as Part of LIRR Public Outreach |url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/lirr/double-track-information-center-opens-today-ronkonkoma-station-part-lirr-public |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414144631/http://www.mta.info/press-release/lirr/double-track-information-center-opens-today-ronkonkoma-station-part-lirr-public |archive-date=April 14, 2015 |access-date=April 10, 2015 |work=mta.info}}</ref> The project was completed in September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 21, 2018 |title=news – LIRR Opens Ronkonkoma Branch Double Track |url=http://www.mta.info/news/2018/09/21/lirr-opens-ronkonkoma-branch-double-track |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922211559/http://www.mta.info/news/2018/09/21/lirr-opens-ronkonkoma-branch-double-track |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |access-date=September 22, 2018 |website=MTA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=September 21, 2018 |title=LIRR Double Track project completed ahead of schedule |url=https://abc7ny.com/4304599/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923005842/https://abc7ny.com/4304599/ |archive-date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=September 22, 2018 |website=ABC7 New York}}</ref>

As part of the preparations for East Side Access's opening,<ref name="MTA 2007 Third Track Presentation">{{cite web |title=Main Line Corridor Improvements Project Presentation |url=http://web.mta.info/lirr/News/2008/MainLineCorridorImprovements.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125170537/http://web.mta.info/lirr/News/2008/MainLineCorridorImprovements.pdf |archive-date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=January 7, 2016 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]}}</ref> the LIRR also widened the two-track sections of the Main Line between [[Floral Park station|Floral Park]] and [[Hicksville station]]s to three tracks, in addition to eliminating each of the grade crossings and rebuilding all of the stations along this stretch of the Main Line.<ref name="NYT Fitzsimmons 01.05.2016">{{cite news |last=Fitzsimmons |first=Emma G. |date=January 5, 2016 |title=Cuomo Revives Long-Stalled Plan to Add Track to L.I.R.R. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/nyregion/cuomo-revives-long-stalled-plan-to-add-track-to-lirr.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107043947/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/nyregion/cuomo-revives-long-stalled-plan-to-add-track-to-lirr.html |archive-date=January 7, 2016 |access-date=January 7, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=A18}}</ref><ref name="MTA Third Track 01.05.2016">{{cite press release |title=LIRR Main Line Expansion Will Ease Commuting and Attract Businesses and Jobs |date=January 5, 2016 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |url=http://www.mta.info/news-lirr-long-island-rail-road-hicksville-floral-park/2016/01/05/third-track-wiill-ease-commuting |access-date=January 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119051539/http://www.mta.info/news-lirr-long-island-rail-road-hicksville-floral-park/2016/01/05/third-track-wiill-ease-commuting |archive-date=January 19, 2016}}</ref> Work on the third-track project started in September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 5, 2018 |title=LIRR Third Track Project Moving Forward Despite Concerns Of Residents |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/09/05/lirr-third-track-project-concerns/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906121418/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/09/05/lirr-third-track-project-concerns/ |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |website=CBS New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rivoli |first=Dan |date=September 5, 2018 |title=Cuomo continues infrastructure tour with Long Island Rail Road groundbreaking |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-lirr-third-track-cuomo-20180905-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906120050/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-lirr-third-track-cuomo-20180905-story.html |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |website=New York Daily News}}</ref> The project was completed in 2022, in time for the opening of East Side Access.<ref>{{cite web |last=Duggan |first=Kevin |date=October 3, 2022 |title='Third' time's the charm: MTA finishes $2.5 billion LIRR Third Track project |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-finishes-lirr-third-track/ |access-date=October 15, 2022 |website=amNewYork}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Vantuono |first=William C. |date=October 4, 2022 |title=LIRR Completes Third Track Project |url=https://www.railwayage.com/mw/lirr-completes-third-track-project/ |access-date=October 15, 2022 |website=Railway Age}}</ref>

The larger Belmont Park Redevelopment Project called for a new [[Elmont station]] between the [[Queens Village station|Queens Village]] and [[Bellerose station|Bellerose]] stations on the Main Line, to better serve the new [[UBS Arena]] in the Nassau County neighborhood of [[Elmont, New York|Elmont]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Elmont Station |url=https://amodernli.com/project/new-elmont-station/ |access-date=July 19, 2020 |website=A Modern LI |language=en-US}}</ref> It is the first new station built by the LIRR in nearly 50 years; the last new station added was the former [[Southampton College (LIRR station)|Southampton College]] station on the Montauk Branch, which opened in 1976 and closed in 1998, due to low ridership and the high cost of installing [[high-level platform]]s for the then-new C3 railcars.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Construction |first1=M. T. A. |last2=Development |date=May 22, 2020 |title=Construction of First New LIRR Station in a Half Century to Start at Elmont |url=https://www.amodernli.com/construction-of-first-new-lirr-station-in-a-half-century-to-start-at-elmont/ |access-date=July 19, 2020 |website=A Modern LI |language=en-US}}</ref> The eastbound platform of the Elmont station officially opened in November 2021,<ref>{{cite web |date=November 16, 2021 |title=LIRR Elmont station projected to be ready in 2022 |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-elmont-station-ubs-arena-1.35311878 |access-date=November 19, 2021 |website=Newsday}}</ref> while the westbound platform opened in October 2022.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 7, 2022 |title=Long Island Rail Road's Elmont-UBS Arena Station is open for game day transportation |url=https://www.wshu.org/long-island-news/2022-10-07/long-island-rail-roads-elmont-ubs-arena-station-is-open-for-game-day-transportation |access-date=October 15, 2022 |website=WSHU}}</ref>