As a result of the winter storm, the MTA reduced service across the board.
It reduced weekday morning rush hour service on the Long Island Rail Road, canceling some trains, suspended Able-Ride …
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By Lee Landor
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1/27/11
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On Wednesday night into Thursday morning East Meadow, Salisbury and surrounding communities experienced what some forecasters called a “thundersnow.”
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by Mike Caputo
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1/26/11
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A problem at the Island Park LIRR station on Dec. 9 caused problems on the Long Beach Branch for over two hours during the rush hour commute.
A switch problem just south of the Island Park station …
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Alex Costello
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12/15/10
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Weekend service on the Long Island Rail Road will be extremely limited in the coming weeks as the LIRR Modernization Project brings signal and switch-control work to Jamaica Station.
The agency …
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Lee Landor
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10/13/10
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Weekend service on the Long Island Rail Road will be extremely limited throughout October and November as the LIRR Modernization Project brings signal and switch-control work to Jamaica …
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Lee Landor
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9/28/10
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Not even the wild storm that blew through New York City and Long Island last week kept people from attending the MTA’s public hearing in Garden City on fare increases.
Although the topic of …
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Lee Landor
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9/22/10
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LIRR provides extra trains for Friday, Sept. 17, for eve of Yom Kippur
The MTA Long Island Rail Road is offering additional eastbound trains from Penn Station, Friday, Sept. 17, between 2:08 …
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9/17/10
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A strong band of thunderstorms made its way through Nassau County on Thursday as dangerous lightning, torrential downpours and winds in excess of more than 70mph were reported.
The …
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Mike Caputo, Anthony Rifilato and Mary Malloy
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9/16/10
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On Labor Day, at about 6:10 p.m., the Lynbrook Fire Department, under the command of Chief Raymond Burke, responded to the area along the Long Island Rail Road tracks on Sunrise Highway between Ocean Avenue and Rocklyn Avenue after a train conductor operating a westbound train reported that he may have possibly struck a person near the track embankment around Ocean Avenue in Lynbrook.
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9/9/10
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Thousands of Long Island Rail Road commuters were left stranded after a switch cable fire in Jamaica disrupted days of rush-hour service. Around the same time, it was announced that the MTA was exploring plans to raise the price of a monthly Metro card to $130.
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Al D'Amato
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9/3/10
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