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There is nothing to celebrate concerning opening of the new $600 million 7th Avenue 32nd Street Penn Station Entrance. Just like previous investments including the $1.6 billion Moynihan Station, $300 million West End Concourse and $600 million 7th Avenue 33rd Street Entrance and enlarged Main Concourse Read More …
Rob Free was named acting president of the Long Island Rail Road Thursday, succeeding Catherine Rinaldi, a Huntington native, who served as interim president for the last year and a half. Rinaldi will continue as Metro-North Railroad president and will also serve as senior adviser, Read More …
An unidentified person was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train early Sunday morning, the MTA said. The MTA said that “an unauthorized male” was struck at the Lake Road railroad crossing in Huntington. MTA Police are investigating. No criminality is suspected Read More …
Ten people were slightly injured when an eight-car LIRR train derailed Thursday morning near the Jamaica station. Long Island Rail Road commuters can expect delays for Thursday and Friday morning’s rush hours, the MTA said. The derailment, which sent all eight cars off the tracks, Read More …
New toll rates will be in effect at all MTA bridges and tunnels crossings at midnight this Sunday. The MTA will increase toll rates 6% for customers using an E-ZPass issued by the New York Customer Service Center, which serves MTA Bridges and Tunnels, the Read More …
Service will increase to Penn Station and more direct trains to Brooklyn will be added in September, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Friday. The MTA said that the new schedules will mean more morning express service on the Huntington and Ronkonkoma branches. All but four Read More …
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority resumed posting service alerts on Twitter Thursday afternoon, after leaving the social media site in a dispute over reliability and cost. Twitter, which has been feuding with several celebrities and institutions over charging for various services, had attempted to charge the Read More …
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Thursday that it will no longer use Twitter to make service announcements, saying, on the social media site, that “Twitter is no longer reliable for providing the consistent updates riders expect.” It then listed various MTA-produced alerts and apps that Read More …
The MTA is adding extra cars to crowded Long Island Rail Road trains, starting Monday, to address commuter complaints about overcrowding that arose last week with the opening of Grand Central Madison service. Gov. Kathy Hochul directed the LIRR to increase rush hour service to Read More …
Full Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Madison will begin Monday. On Sunday afternoon, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and MTA officials rode the train from Jamaica into Grand Central to celebrate the launch. The Metropolitan Transportation Read More …