Buses to replace trains on the Far Rockaway Branch between Far Rockaway and Valley Stream overnight Sunday, Nov. 9 from 12:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for track maintenance
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11/5/14
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LIRR trains between Rockville Centre and Valley Stream will have an adjusted schedule between Sept. 2 and Nov. 16, as a section of the Babylon branch is getting its tracks resurfaced. The adjusted …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/28/14
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The Oceanside and Rockville Centre Long Island Rail Road stations are separated by just a two-mile stretch of Rockaway Avenue. Trains that leave from the respective stations serve different branches and travel different routes, but both will get you to the city.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/27/14
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LIRR Service Update
There are system-wide scattered delays of up to 30 minutes because of weather-related problems, as well as up to 90 min delays on the Montauk Branch due to an earlier disabled …
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8/13/14
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A Long Island Rail Road strike has been averted. The MTA and LIRR unions signed an agreement on Thursday at 1:38 p.m.
"We have settled a four-year dispute," Governor Cuomo said at a news conference at his New York City office on Thursday at 1:26 p.m. (Governor's full statement at the end of this news report.)
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By John O'Connell
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7/17/14
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he wouldn’t get involved in the threatened strike by unionized LIRR workers, which may happen on Sunday.
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7/16/14
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With over 300,000 daily riders, the Long Island Rail Road is the busiest commuter railroad in North America. But in just two weeks . . .
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7/9/14
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With less than two weeks to go before a potentially crippling Long Island Rail Road strike, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and eight LIRR unions were set to return to the bargaining table once again this week to discuss contract negotiations. The National Mediation Board, a three-member, quasi-governmental agency, scheduled a meeting between the MTA and union officials on Tuesday in Manhattan.
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By Stapha Charleme
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7/9/14
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray came to the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station on Tuesday to call on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rethink a plan to bus train commuters …
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By Scott Brinton
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6/25/14
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There are six weeks remaining in the current LIRR contract deadline before railroad laborers may go on strike. According to officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the LIRR …
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By Stapha Charleme
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6/18/14
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