Archive for March, 2010
LIRR Port Jeff Line Affected By Rail Inspections
Late yesterday afternoon, the MTA Long Island Rail Road announced that midday service on the Port Jefferson line will be affected for 2 days due to rail inspections. Here are the complete details courtesy of a press release they sent me: BUSES REPLACE TRAINS FOR AFFECTED CUSTOMERS The MTA Long Island Rail Road will provide […]
Extra LIRR Trains For Good Friday-Passover
Late yesterday afternoon, the MTA Long Island Rail Road announced it will run extra trains for Good Friday & Passover. Here are the complete details courtesy of a press release they sent me: The MTA Long Island Rail Road will provide eight additional afternoon eastbound trains from Penn Station for those leaving early for the […]
MTA Statement On Budget Cuts
As I noted in the previous entry, I expected the MTA to release a statement on the approval of budget cuts by the Board today. Here is their statement: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board today approved a package of service changes needed to help fill a nearly $800 million budget shortfall for 2010. The […]
MTA Approves Budget Cuts
Within the last couple of hours, the MTA Board officially approved budget cuts in order to trim down a $400M+ budget shortfall. Lets first take a look at a brief report by Michael M. Grynbaum of the New York Times: The board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted 11-2 Wednesday afternoon to implement a package […]
35% Decrease In LIRR Gap Incidents In 2009
If you have been a long time reader of this blog (especially in 2008), you will recall countless entries about the gap problems which have plagued the LIRR. Late yesterday afternoon, the agency sent out a press release to announce some great news. Gap incidents decreased by 35% in 2009. Here are the complete details: […]
