Archive for February, 2019
2 LIRR Trains Crash Into Car
Unfortunately the man dying after being struck by a LIRR train between Freeport & Baldwin was not the only accident the railroad dealt with on Tuesday. A mere few hours later, a Hicksville-bound (Port Jefferson) & Penn Station-bound (Ronkonkoma) train both struck a car that had swerved around down crossing gates. The collisions led to […]
Man Killed By LIRR Train Near Freeport
The Long Island Rail Road had a bad Tuesday which started in the afternoon when a man was killed after being struck by a westbound train between Freeport & Baldwin. The incident led to service on the Babylon line being suspended between Lynbrook & Babylon. Sadly this was a precursor for what was to come…. […]
LIRR Fell Short Of January Performance Goal
While the MTA Long Island Rail Road improved its on-time performance in January 2019 as compared to the same period in 2018, the agency fell short of its overall goal. Check out more via this report on Newsday by clicking here. As I have stated numerous times in the past, I always considered their on-time […]
Subway Action Plan Leads To Improvements
Usually the weekends is a quite time for the MTA PR machine. However this weekend was different as the agency was super excited to share information showing that its Subway Action Plan has lead to improvements. First let me share the press release they asked me to share: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) President Patrick Foye, […]
