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Two of Amtrak's four East River tunnels were damaged in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy. The MTA is fighting with the railroad ...
Long Island Republicans blasted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s latest tax crunch on suburban businesses — ...
An unlikely alliance of MTA leadership, Democrats and Republicans are calling on Amtrak to rethink a work plan that will shut ...
The MTA is formally calling on Amtrak to reconsider its plan to keep one of the four East River Tunnels linking to Penn ...
It could be a rough few years ahead for Long Island Rail Road riders as Amtrak plans to shut down the East River tunnels to ...
An earlier fire on an Long Island Rail Road work train has led to suspended service on part of the West Hempstead branch for ...
But "making disparaging remarks about the program delivery of the MTA is disingenuous." Herbst said his concern is for the more than 200,000 daily LIRR riders during the Penn Station renovation ...
LIRR President Rob Free told the MTA board that even a minor incident could have a major impact. "We're not comfortable as to what they're doing yet," Free said. In a letter, Governor Kathy Hochul ...
The MTA quietly moved a porta-potty away from a Forest Hills restaurant — providing some relief to the shop owner who said construction chaos was flushing his business down the toilet.
Full Long Island Rail Road train service was restored Friday morning after a train struck a car on the tracks, leading to partial suspensions along the Ronkonkoma Branch, according to LIRR officials.
Service is down between the West Hempstead and Valley Stream train stations due to a fire that broke out during overnight ...