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Jennifer Summer says as the LIRR train approached the station she observed a drunk and unruly passenger using an emergency control panel to open the doors. "He, like, comes to the door where we ...
It’s not fraud if everyone does it, a former LIRR worker charged with cheating the MTA out of an insane amount of overtime pay argues in a new court filing. Frank Pizzonia is one of five Long ...
The MTA said that the $11 billion project will increase service 41 percent across LIRR, adding about 274 trains every weekday. The morning rush could go from 113 trains to 158, and the afternoon ...
Sleeping on the job is one of many benefits LIRR workers enjoy, according to a new court filing from a foreman facing prison time for an audacious overtime scam. Joseph Balestra, 52, pleaded ...
Kathy Hochul on Tuesday joined Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials at the site of the LIRR's future home at ... when the railroad will operate 158 eastbound trains instead of the ...
An LIRR rider was slashed in the face on a train in Queens on Monday in a horrifying, caught-on-video attack — days after an armed straphanger launched violence that ended with himself shot in ...
The new schedules would take effect once the LIRR begins running trains to its ... During the evening peak period, the railroad will run 158 eastbound trains out of its two Manhattan terminals ...
The commuter railroad also proposes to add 60 afternoon peak-direction rush hour trains, increasing service by 62%, to 158 trains from the current 98. Penn Station is gaining three LIRR trains in the ...
There was frustration from LIRR riders coming off different trains into Penn Station. They shared videos of their crowded commute. "I've been taking it since Monday morning, since the new schedule ...