LIRR
LIRR Might Get Investigated For Manipulating Benefits
For many years the speculation has existed that longtime LIRR employees might have benefited from the manipulation of disability & pension benefits. However the speculation might turn factual if Gov. Patterson gets his way. He has chosen to give New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo the power to investigate the Long Island Rail […]
LIRR To Provide Extra Trains For The Eve Of Rosh Hashanah
I’m behind in posting the latest press releases that the MTA sent me. The first was to announce that the Long Island Rail Road will be providing extra trains for the eve of Rosh Hashanah. Here are the complete details: The MTA Long Island Rail Road is offering eight additional eastbound trains from Penn Station, […]
LIRR To Rebuild Atlantic Avenue Viaduct
I just literally received a press release from the LIRR to announce their $93.4 million dollar project to rebuild the Altantic Avenue Viaduct. Here is the release: $93.4 MILLON PROJECT TO BE DONE ON WEEKENDS TO MINIMIZE IMPACT ON TRAIN CUSTOMERS AND BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS MTA Long Island Rail Road President Helena E. Williams announced today […]
Gap Incidents Could Be Reported To The Federal Government
Gap incidents have been a nightmare for the Long Island Rail Road for many years. The nightmare’s intensity picked up in 2006 after the death of 18 year old Natalie Smead at the Woodside LIRR station. The Newsday launched an investigation into gap incidents after her death & have continued to follow the issue closely […]
Buses To Replace Some Midday LIRR Trains East Of Ronkonkoma
Earlier this afternoon the Long Island Rail Road sent a press release to announce that buses will replace some midday trains east of Ronkonkoma. The substitution is due to the agency’s track rehabilitation and renewal project which in this case has them upgrading switches at the Riverhead station. Here is the press release which the […]
