Amtrak says the scope of work is too large to use the L train method. To those of us on the LIRR Commuter Council, that thinking deserves another, closer look. After all, it’s hard to give ...

The issue caused widespread delays and cancellations on most of the LIRR’s branches throughout the Wednesday morning commute, and led the railroad to reroute six trains away from Penn Station to ...

Metropolitan Transit Authority officials and experts questioned how realistic the proposal is, given that it would require an entirely new fleet of LIRR trains and additional maintenance costs.

The MTA, which operates LIRR trains passing through the tunnels every hour, says Amtrak's plan for a full shutdown might be too risky. "Since Grand Central Madison opened, we adjusted our ...