Join us to here from Mr. Rob Free, President of MTA Long Island Railroad. We will be meeting at Rikka Latin Fusion which is just a 10 minute walk from the Hicksville Train Station.
Date: May 29, 2025
Schedule:
5:30 - 6:30 Networking
6:30 - Dinner and Presentation
Location: Rikka Latin Fusion
200 N Broadway
Hicksville, NY 11801
Rob Free's Bio:
Rob Free was named the 42nd President of the Long Island Rail Road on April 11, 2024 after a six-month stint as Acting President. Equipped with an extraordinary grasp of rail operations, planning, and customers, Mr. Free has truly built his career from the ground up. He began his time at the Railroad 32 years ago as a Station Cleaner and later advanced his way to a variety of mission-critical roles, including progressively responsible management positions. As Chief Transportation Officer, he was responsible for over 2,000 employees and maintaining efficient systemwide train operations, coordinating the many track outages that allowed significant projects such as Ronkonkoma Branch Double Track and SOGR maintenance to progress. As Senior VP, he was responsible for over 7,000 employees in Rolling Stock Maintenance, Train Movement, Maintenance of Way, Service Planning, Security and Station Operations. Rob led operations through the COVID 19 pandemic, ensuring train service for essential workers, and also helped advance the Railroad’s epic Capital Program, which included mega projects such as Main Line Third Track and Grand Central Madison Terminal, which resulted in an astounding 40% increase in train service.
Since assuming his current post, the agency has experienced record levels of performance, increased operational efficiencies and made vast improvements to the customer experience.
200 N Broadway
Hicksville, NY 11801
United States