LIRR
LIRR July 4th 2018 Service Plan Info
Here is the MTA Long Island Rail Road service plan for the upcoming July 4th holiday: The Long Island Rail Road is helping customers get a head start celebrating the Fourth of July by adding eight extra trains from Penn Station on Tuesday, July 3. Information about the extra trains will be available in timetables […]
Woman Fatally Struck By LIRR Train
Shortly after midnight today, a 37 year old woman, whose identity has not been revealed, was fatally struck by an east bound train just west of the Speonk train station. Based on the initial pictures I have seen online, it does not look like a car was involved in the accident. The first thing this […]
New LIRR President Phillip Eng
Last Thursday, the MTA announced that Phillip Eng would become the new Long Island Rail Road President after Patrick Nowakowski announced his resignation that was effective as of Friday after the agency’s disastrous run of issues over the last few months. Today marks the first official day for Mr. Eng who is stepping in at […]
LIRR Extends Ticket Refund Period
In the midst of the 4th Nor’easter in 3 weeks for local residents, a little known transit story did not get much attention. The full MTA board voted to approve a plan that the LIRR Committee had greenlighted on Monday which would extend the refund period for unused tickets. Alfonso A. Castillo of Newsday has […]
MTA LIRR St. Patrick’s Day 2018 Info
Here is the MTA Long Island Rail Road’s service plan for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day holiday via the press release I received: The LIRR will operate 38 additional trains to/from Penn Station to help customers seeking to attend the parade. The schedules for these trains are available via the LIRR Train Time app and […]
