What is Long Island Rail Road?
{{Infobox rail |railroad_name=Long Island Rail Road |image=LIRR sampler electric and diesel services.jpg |map_size=300px |image_caption=The Long Island Rail Road provides electric and diesel rail service east-west throughout Long Island, New York. |image_size=300px |system_map=LIRR map.svg |map_caption=LIRR Map |old_gauge= |marks=LI |locale=[[Long Island]], New York |start_year=1834 |owner=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)|Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]rl |gauge={{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}} |end_year=present<br>([[Pennsylvania Railroad|PRR]]-operated from 1928 to 1949) |hq_city=[[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]], [[New York|NY]] 11435 |website={{URL|mta.info/lirr}} | title = LIRR | collapsible = yes | collapse = yes | text-width = ,130,,,110, }} The '''Long Island Rail Road''', often called the '''LIRR''', is a [[commuter rail]] system in [[New York]]. Its lines travel from [[Manhattan]] to [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]] on eastern [[Long Island]]. Over 334,000 people ride the LIRR every day. It is North America's busiest commuter railroad. It is also one of the few commuter systems in the world that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/network.htm |title=The MTA Network |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref> The LIRR was created in 1834. It has never stopped operating since then. In the 1870s it was consolidated with the other railroads on Long Island. It is the oldest U.S. railroad that still has its original name.<ref name=LIRR175>{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/lirr/Video/175thAnniversary/Honoring175Years.htm |title=LIRR History |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)|Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)]] |accessdate=2013-03-01 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030137/http://web.mta.info/lirr/Video/175thAnniversary/Honoring175Years.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The LIRR has 124