LIRR
MTA Official Wants Cheaper City Railroad Fares
Today’s meetings at MTA headquarters should be interesting when one of its board members, Allen P. Cappelli proposes his idea of reduced fares for city residents using either the Long Island Rail Road or Metro-North Railroad. Dan Rivoli of the New York Daily News has more: An MTA board member will press the transit agency […]
No LIRR Between Mineola & Hicksville
Approximately 40,000 LIRR customers will be impacted this weekend when buses replace the LIRR between Mineola & Hicksville due to a new bridge being installed in Westbury. Here are the details via MTA press release: An estimated 40,000 Long Island Rail Road customers could face considerable delays over the weekend of Saturday, October 24 and […]
Idiot Charged With Reckless Driving
The remains of Ronny Mora’s car after it caught fire on LIRR tracks in Long Island City. Honestly the word idiot might not be strong enough to describe Ronny Mora of Corona Queens who was charged with reckless driving after purposely driving on LIRR tracks & leaving his car to burn after it caught fire […]
LIRR To Streamline Ticket Procedures
The MTA Long Island Railroad has announced that it is streamlining its ticket procedures. Here are the complete details via press release: The Long Island Rail Road wants customers to know that a number of changes to little-used ticketing procedures that have faded in popularity are taking effect at the beginning of October. Most of […]
LIRR Anticipates Cancellations & Delays 09-15-15
The Long Island Railroad anticipates cancellations & delays during the upcoming PM rush due to the freight train derailment earlier this afternoon near Hicksville. Here is what they just had to say: Because of a freight train that derailed west of Hicksville Station this afternoon, the Long Island Rail Road is advising customers to anticipate […]