In the News – QueensLink

QueensLink in the News

2021

09/20/2021

NY Daily News

A new/old train for Queens: Reactivate the rails on the Rockaway Beach Branch

08/13/2021

Rockaway Wave

Official Point Of View: We Must Get QueensLink in the Next MTA Capital Plan

08/12/2021

Queens Chronicle

Quietly moving from rail to link

08/03/2021

Patch: Forest Hills

MTA, Advocates Spar Over Queens Train Proposal, Reports Show

08/03/2021

Pix 11 News

Could old Queens rail link be revived?

08/01/2021

NY Daily News

MTA overstates cost of restoring long-abandoned Queens tracks that could speed commutes, says report

07/20/2021

Trains.com

Report says MTA significantly overestimated costs of restoring LIRR branch to operation

07/16/2021

Queens Daily Eagle

MTA botched new subway line study, advocates say

07/14/2021

Streetsblog

MTA Hiked Costs of Long-Sought Eastern Queens Subway Expansion: Report

07/08/2021

Blog

Introducing the QueensLink

4/27/2021

Press Release

Queens Needs More Parks and Trains

2020

01/16/2020

Queens Chronicle

Op-ed: Why not build rail and park on Rockaway line?

01/02/2020

The Wave

Transportation Desert

2019

12/11/2019

Gotham Gazette

Op-ed: A Better Trail to New Rail and Parkland in Queens

11/20/2019

Second Ave Sagas

Long-awaited Rockaway Beach Branch study reveals subway, LIRR options — and a high price tag

11/18/2019

Crain's New York

Rails vs. trails in Queens showdown

11/16/2019

QNS

A high-speed ‘Train to the Plane’ that almost ran through Forest Park: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

10/31/2019

Queens Daily Eagle

QueensWay or revived rail link are both OK, but the status quo isn’t

10/18/2019

PoliticsNY

It will take billions to relaunch QueensLink train line: MTA

10/14/2019

Railway Gazette

Study indicates $7bn cost to restore New York suburban link

10/12/2019

NY Daily News

Train in vain: The MTA’s cost projections for reviving the LIRR’s Rockaway Beach Branch don’t add up

10/10/2019

Queens Chronicle

Pricey but possible, rail study concludes

10/10/2019

QNS

MTA releases preliminary report on the Rockaway Beach Branch reactivation project and the costs are high

10/09/2019

The City

Rockaway Branch Rail Reboot Study Finally Lands

10/09/2019

Curbed NY

MTA says billions needed to revive old Rockaway LIRR track

10/01/2019

The City

Study of Old Rockaway Rail Line’s Revival Back on Track

2018

5/16/2018

The Wave

Queens RAIL and WAY Task Force Begins Work

01/18/2018

Queens Chronicle

Think tank sees a split of both rail and park

2017

07/19/2017

NY Daily News

A Rail Good Idea For Queens [PDF]

02/27/2017

Crain's New York Business

Park-rich boro needs trains more than green space. [PDF]

2014

08/06/2014

Queens Ledger

State comptroller supports restoration of Rockaway Beach Rail Line [PDF]