Bus Service To Replace Service On Port Jefferson Line
The MTA issued a press release earlier this afternoon to announce that bus service will replace normally scheduled weekday midday trains on the Port Jefferson line between Kings Park & Port Jefferson for a little over 2 months. During the scheduled times, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) will be replacing over 14 miles of […]
MTA Pays Out Over $1.1 Billion In Claims
Over the last week or so, there seems to have been at least 1 story a day about the sad state of finances at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Today is no different as a report has come out which pours even more salt on the wound. According to the report, the MTA has paid […]
Newsday Continues To Seek LIRR Riders’ Stories
Last November I wrote an entry about Newsday seeking feedback/stories from Long Island Railroad (LIRR) riders. Well they are back with another request for such stories. On June 9th, they published 2 more stories from Jeremy & Joseph respectively. Here are their stories courtesy of Newsday I was recently on the 4:22 p.m. train to […]
A New MTA Police Chief Appointed
A week ago today, the MTA issued a press release announcing the appointment of a new MTA Police Chief. Here is the full press release courtesy of the MTA: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that MTA Executive Director and CEO Elliot G. Sander had appointed Michael R. Coan to be Chief of the […]
LIRR Billing Issue Strikes Again!
Last October, I wrote about a huge billing snafu that occurred when the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) doubled billed approximately 2000 individuals who purchased tickets at a ticket machine with a credit or debit card. Unfortunately another huge billing snafu took place 6 days ago as once again thousands of customers were at the risk […]
