LIRR
MTA Prepares For First Winter Storm
The MTA is in full preparation mode for the first winter storm of the 2015-2016 season. Here is more on their prep work: With a wintry blast that may dump as much as 12 inches of snow in parts of the metropolitan region, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is hard at work to ensure safe, reliable […]
LIRR MLK 2016 Service Plan Info
Here is the Long Island Rail Road service plan information for Monday, January 18, 2016, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. MTA Long Island Rail Road will operate on a Holiday Schedule on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday next Monday, January 18, with a total of 32 extra trains provided on its five busiest branches. The […]
LIRR Announces Passing Of 34th President
Yesterday afternoon, the MTA Long Island Rail Road announced the passing of the agency’s 34th president Charles W. Hoppe. Here is more via the official press release I received: MTA Long Island Rail Road marks the passing on Dec. 22 of Charles W. Hoppe, who served as the LIRR’s 34th President, from April 2, 1990, […]
Gov. Cuomo Unveils LIRR Plans
Less then a week into the new year & our first major transit news is here as Gov. Cuomo unveiled his plans for major LIRR improvements via expansion of the main line between Floral Park & Hicksville. Here is more via an official press release I received: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today unveiled the second […]
LIRR New Year’s Eve 2015 Service Plan
Here is the New Year’s Eve & Day service plan for the Long Island Rail Road: The Long Island Rail Road is adding 13 trains to its eastbound afternoon schedule from Penn Station on New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31, to accommodate an expected large number of customers leaving work early to begin their holiday […]
