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A bipartisan group has urged the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to electrify the Port Jefferson branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The railway currently runs on diesel.
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Governor Kathy Hochul announced the East Side Access project's new terminal will be named for its location under Grand Central Terminal and Madison Avenue. It's expected to open by the end of the year.
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South Fork officials requested the Friday morning train to ease Hamptons traffic.
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Six people were killed and 19 others injured in a 1993 shooting on Long Island Rail Road. It was the last mass shooting on a train in New York until last month, when a gunman opened fire on an N train in Sunset Park. Ten people were shot; no one was killed.
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Of the LIRR’s 6,688 overtime-eligible employees last year, 2.8% of them had overtime earnings exceeding their base pay, which is significantly higher than Metro-North and the rest of the MTA agencies.
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The MTA said Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North will follow guidance from the New York State Health Department to keep passengers masked while it reviews the Florida court decision. Masks are still also required at Kennedy and LaGuardia airports. Bradley International Airport in Connecticut will no longer require masks.
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The LIRR accepted new M9 train cars from Kawasaki Rail Car with more than 9,000 defects that had to be repaired, according to the audit.
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Ridership on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North has increased to close to half of pre-pandemic levels. Now, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will roll out new incentives to continue to boost ridership.
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The project is more than a decade late and billions of dollars over budget. New York Governor Kathy Hochul hopes to make infrastructure projects a hallmark of her administration.
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The Long Island Rail Road will not bring back peak fares for the rest of 2021, even though the MTA reported the highest number of riders this month since…