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In the past 30 years or so they were extended from Hicksville to Huntington and to Ronkonkoma.ĭiesel only service runs from Jamaica to Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson, Greenport, and Montauk (via Hicksville) with commuter service as far east as Patchogue and or Speonk. On the Main Line they run from Jamaica to East Williston and to Hicksville. There are no LIRR trains on the "Lower Montauk" between Long Island City and Jamaica, and indeed, I do believe that that line has been transferred to NY&A Railroad: It is no longer LIRR property.Įlectric lines run from Penn Station to Port Washington and to Jamaica, and from Atlantic Terminal to Jamaica.įrom Jamaica they run to Far Rockaway or Long Beach via Locust Manor to West Hempstead and to Babylon via St. (Gray lin, no stops shown) to Jamaica via St Albans to Babylon and Montauk. The Montauk Line historically ran from Long Island City via Fresh Pond etc. REMEMBER that the LIRR was chartered as a service from New York to Boston, and so the Main Line went to Greenport for a ferry. Perhaps including the line all the way out to Ronkonkoma. The Main Line as we understand it to day runs from Penn Station to Hicksville. The Central Line was pulled up in the '40s. The problem arises is the fact that LIRR is a conglomeration of older steam lines, many of which would have had a main line. Keep tabs on delays and performance, changes, etc, on MTA's LIRR web page. Westbound trains ending at Jamaica or eastbound trains starting at Jamaica are probably diesel trains originating from or going to diesel only terminals to and from Jamaica are diesel but watch for some peak hours schedules to and from diesel only points which may go to Penn sta. But knowing that everything from Brooklyn and Penn Station east through Jamaica to Huntington, Ronkonkoma, and Babylon are electrified except the Central Branch are electrified and everything east of those endpoints as well as the Oyster Bay branch are diesel coupled with public timetables should guide you. Confusion might arise with the trains to Patchouge, Speonk and Montauk not running the Montauk Branch from Jamaica to Babylon but running the Main Line to Bethpage and the Central Branch from there to Babylon.Įmployee timetables and schedules would show you the information you are looking for. There are other short connecting and interchange tracks. The Port Washington Branch is from Harold interlocking to Port Washington Port Jefferson Branch from Divide Tower (Hicksville) to Port Jefferson the Oyster Bay Branch from Nassau (Mineola) to Oyster Bay, the Atlantic Branch from Barclay Center (Brooklyn) to Jamaica to Valley Stream via Locust Manor and Rosedale The Long Beach Branch from Valley Stream to Lynbrook to Long Beach Far Rockaway Branch from Valley Stream to Far Rockaway West Hempstead Branch from Valley Stream to West Hempstead Hempstead Branch from Floral Park to Hemstead Central Branch from Bethpage to Babylon. The Montauk Branch is from Long Island City to Montauk via Penny Bridge and Fresh Pond to Jamaica then via St. Th LIRR indicates the Main LIne from Penn Station and Long Island City via Hunterspoint Ave to Greenport as The Main Line. but remember on the LIRR there are trips which can be done only on weekends, some only on weekdays, some only in summer, some only in winter.and they change their timetable four times a year! The LIRR is a most fascinating railroad to study and ride.join Ridewithmehenry on one of our upcoming outings. There are select peak hours trains which utilize dual service locomotives avoiding passengers having to change at Jamaica. There are some diesel only trains that operate east from Jamaica only also from Huntington and Hicksville to Port Jefferson. and Port Washington are all electric as is Hunterspoint Ave and Long Island City but mostly diesel service operates from those two stations to diesel only lines east of Jamaica. At the west end, Atlantic Ave (Brooklyn), New York Penn Sta. Electric service ends at Huntington, Ronkonkoma, on the north side and at Babylon (and all branches) on the south side of the island. That connector from Bethpage to Babylon is used mainly by Montauk branch trains to Patchauge, Speonk, and Montauk and there is no third rail. The fight was so good, one fan on Twitter suggested a GoFundMe account for those fighters who put forth such a special effort. In an outstanding featherweight fight on the untelevised portion of the card, Angel Contreras, 10-4-2 (6 KO’s) of Monterrey, Mexico, upset undefeated John Dato, 14-0-1 (9 KO’s) of the Philippines by unanimous decision.Ĭontreras dropped Dato in the third and survived a late body-punching surge by Dato to win by scores of 78-73 and 77-74 twice. Ceja fell onto his back and remained unconscious for several scary seconds. But he hung on, waited for Ceja to tire, and then hammered him. 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The Mythic skin gives the character an ornate and decorated suit of sci-fi armor, making him look like the leader of a powerful intergalactic faction. Then there's Galactic Emperor Sigma, the ultimate reward from the Premium tier of Overwatch 2 Season 4's 80-tier Battle Pass. Sweeney further stated that "If every developer could accept their own payments and avoid the 30% tax by Apple and Google we could pass the savings along to all our consumers and players would get a better deal on items. Sweeney said in a July CNBC interview that "Apple has locked down and crippled the ecosystem by inventing an absolute monopoly on the distribution of software, on the monetization of software", and "Google essentially intentionally stifles competing stores by having user interface barriers and obstruction". In mid-2020, Sweeney reiterated his stance on the 30% revenue cut that Apple and Google took, ahead of a large United States Congressional hearing investigating antitrust charges on Big Tech companies, including Google, and during similar investigations of Apple in the European Union. As Apple does not allow sideloading on iOS devices, Epic had just released the client on the App Store directly in 2018. However, this resulted in a number of security concerns and numerous unscrupulous clones attempting to pass themselves off as the real Fortnite game in the Google Play store, and by April 2020, Epic discontinued the sideloaded version and placed the game on the Google Play store. When Epic first released its Android client, it offered it as a sideloaded package, rather than as a Google Play store app, as they did not want Google to take any revenue from the microtransactions in the game. Īs Fortnite expanded from personal computers to other platforms with the popularity of the Battle Royale mode in 2018, Epic Games sought to bring the free-to-play game to mobile devices. Part of the reasoning for creating the Epic Games Store was to demonstrate that Epic could operate at a lower commission percentage (12%). While a 30% revenue cut was an industry standard across computers, consoles, and mobile platforms in 2019, Sweeney stated that higher revenue shares made sense on consoles where "there's enormous investment in hardware, often sold below cost, and marketing campaigns in broad partnership with publishers", but did not extend to open platforms like mobile devices and personal computers. Since 2015, Epic Games' founder and CEO Tim Sweeney had questioned the need for digital storefronts like Valve's Steam, Apple's App Store for iOS devices, and Google Play, to take a 30% revenue sharing cut, and argued that when accounting for current rates of content distribution and other factors needed, a revenue cut of 8% should be sufficient to run any digital storefront profitably. However, Google has stressed that the legal situation around their case is not the same as around Apple's. Google, the same day, which challenges Google's similar practices on the Google Play app store for Android, after Google pulled Fortnite following the update for similar reasons as Apple. Epic appealed the ruling though the original ruling was upheld in 2023.Įpic also filed another lawsuit, Epic Games v. Rogers prohibited Apple from stopping developers from informing users of other payment systems within apps. In a September 2021 ruling in the first part of the case, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers decided in favor of Apple on nine of ten counts, but found against Apple on its anti-steering policies under the California Unfair Competition Law. The trial ran from May 3 to May 24, 2021. Apple filed a countersuit, asserting Epic purposely breached its terms of contract with Apple to goad it into action, and defended itself from Epic's suit. Epic implemented changes in Fortnite intentionally on August 13, 2020, to bypass the App Store payment system, prompting Apple to block the game from the App Store and leading to Epic filing its lawsuit. Epic Games' founder Tim Sweeney had previously challenged the 30% revenue cut that Apple takes on each purchase made in the App Store, and with their game Fortnite, wanted to either bypass Apple or have Apple take less of a cut. Epic Games specifically had challenged Apple's restrictions on apps from having other in-app purchasing methods outside of the one offered by the App Store. Apple is a lawsuit brought by Epic Games against Apple in August 2020 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, related to Apple's practices in the iOS App Store. While Apple is not considered a monopoly and did not engage in antitrust behavior on nine of ten counts, Apple's conduct in enforcing anti-steering restrictions is anticompetitive.Įpic Games v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California |
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