Renovated Station Features Accessibility Upgrades and Better Wayfinding
New LED Lighting Installed, Along with Upgraded Communication and Security Systems
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced a newly renovated Valley Stream Long Island Rail Road station. The project, completed on budget and on schedule, improves accessibility, modernizes the station and brings it into a state of good repair.
This project was completed using a design-build contracting technique that speeds work by allowing a single private-sector consortium to undertake both design and construction of a project from start to finish. This project bundle will add seven stations to the list of accessible LIRR stations and replace elevators and escalators at two stations that are currently accessible.
“The new MTA is all about results. 137,000 riders use this station every month, and we’re thrilled to deliver these long-awaited upgrades,” said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. “There’s more to come as part of the 2025-2029 Capital Plan’s $6 billion investment in LIRR projects.”
“Valley Stream is one of the LIRR’s busiest stations, and we were able to perform major upgrades and state of good repair work with minimal impact to our customers,” said LIRR President Rob Free. “So much of this project was completed by our in-house workforce, and I’m looking forward to more projects like these to improve the customer experience at more LIRR stations throughout the system.”
“In addition to accessibility upgrades, crews made customer focused enhancements like new security cameras and updated signage to improve visibility and safety,” said MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer. “By using new and innovative methods, the MTA is able to deliver projects better, faster and cheaper than ever before.”
“We are spending billions of dollars on station improvement projects, and it matters because everyday people rely on us to get to school, work, and everything else the region has to offer,” said MTA Chief Accessibility Officer Quemuel Arroyo. “State of good repair is synonymous with accessibility, and the MTA is committed to making the system work for all New Yorkers.”
In addition to replacing the escalator, crews installing a new staircase and replacing an elevator, crews installed a new elevator machine room, electrical room and made service upgrades and installed elevator vestibules as required for weather protection. The project also included new parking spaces, improved lighting, sidewalks and crosswalks and new CCTV cameras.
Crews also performed state of good repair work including installing new station signage, painting steel columns and girders, making structural crack and spall repairs, replacing tactile strips, platform markers and rubbing edge boards and upgraded the station’s public address system.
The project includes more than $12 million in federal funding. Citnalta/Scalamandre, J.V. with Parsons Transportation Group is the Designer of Record with Major Sub-Contractors Bana Electric, Mid-American, Premier, Superior, and Welkin.
On weekdays, 63 westbound and 57 eastbound trains stop at Valley Stream. On weekends, the station sees 43 westbound trains and 44 heading east. In 2025, the monthly ridership average is nearly 137,000. The Valley Stream station also offers connections to NICE Buses.
“The LIRR and MTA listened to concerns from the Valley Stream community and delivered on promises by delivering a beautiful new train station,” said Assembly Member Michaelle Solages. “I want to thank the MTA and their labor partners for giving us a station that is worthy of the people who use it every day.”
“We do these projects to benefit the community, and we will continue to move forward to see more success stories like the one here in Valley Stream,” said SMART General Chairman Anthony Simon. “I want to thank the men and women of labor who are out here every day, no matter the weather, getting this job done.”