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The Long Island Rail Road will add Friday trains year-round to the South Fork Commuter Connection Service. Previously, the Friday trains to the Hamptons stopped running between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
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Some Long Island Rail Road riders on the Oyster Bay branch argue that the East Side Access expansion increases commute times into Midtown Manhattan.
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Even though ridership is up over 50%, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has said ridership may not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2035.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chair Janno Lieber said it’s fair to ask Long Island businesses to contribute more financially, as they benefit from the Long Island Rail Road’s newest upgrades.
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The first Long Island Rail Road train into Manhattan’s East Side ran Wednesday. The $11 billion East Side Access project was decades in the making.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Madison will begin Wednesday, operating on a limited basis.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s plan to have police expand their patrols to subway stations might be derailed by officer shortages in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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New York Republicans rallied against Governor Hochul’s decision to proceed with the state’s congestion pricing plan.
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The first section of track includes Queens Village to Merillon Avenue in Garden City. The second section, with service to Carle Place, is scheduled to open on Aug. 29.
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A feasibility study found the LIRR project would be too expensive and inconvenient to implement. Retrofitting the current cars with batteries would cost $26 million a pair. That’s more than it would cost to buy two brand new train cars.