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LIRR Announces Long Island Schedule Changes Prompted By Residents, Commuters LIRR Announces Long Island Schedule Changes Prompted By Residents, Commuters
Lirr Announces Long Island Schedule Changes Prompted By Residents, Commuters Feedback from the Long Island community has generated the MTA to change services offered by the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). The changes, which will affect the Oyster Bay Branch, were announced this week. According to the MTA, the following services will go into effect on Tuesday, Sept. 5: The 6:55 a.m. train from Oyster Bay to Hunterspoint Avenue will depart 6 minutes later at 7:01 a.m. and will only make stops at Locust Valley, Glen Street, Glen Head, Roslyn, East Williston, and Jamaica Customers for the 7:17 a.m. train from Oyster Bay to Hunterspoint Avenue traveling to Penn Station…

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LIRR Announces Proposed Schedules For Service To New Manhattan Terminal LIRR Announces Proposed Schedules For Service To New Manhattan Terminal
Lirr Announces Proposed Schedules For Service To New Manhattan Terminal The Long Island Rail Road has published its proposed service schedules ahead of the opening of a brand-new 700,000 square-foot terminal in Manhattan.  Grand Central Madison, the new terminal located below Grand Central Terminal and Madison Avenue from 43rd Street to 48th Street, is expected to begin service later this year, officials announced.  Earlier report - Officials Announce Name Of New LIRR Terminal In Manhattan Set To Open This Year The proposed train schedules, announced on Tuesday, June 2, include details for the largest LIRR service expansion in history, according…

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by Nicole Valinote
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LIRR President To Retire, Interim Replacement Named LIRR President To Retire, Interim Replacement Named
Lirr President To Retire, Interim Replacement Named Longtime Long Island Rail Road President Phillip Eng announced that he will be stepping down after decades in New York State Public Service and he will be temporarily replaced by a familiar face. Eng, a Smithtown resident who has been working in public service for nearly 39 years, announced on Thursday, Feb. 10 that he was retiring in a letter sent to MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber. “I can retire knowing that I leave the LIRR well-positioned for continued success with a dedicated management team and a tenacious workforce who are delivering the best train performance in LIRR history while…

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by Zak Failla
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MTA Employees' 'Massive' Overtime Pay Under Scrutiny MTA Employees' 'Massive' Overtime Pay Under Scrutiny
MTA Employees' 'Massive' Overtime Pay Under Scrutiny Overtime pay at the MTA has gone off the rails, with the agency paying its workers more than $400 million in overtime last year, including $344,000 to one Long Island Railroad employee and 25 Metro-North employees that doubled their salaries in overtime. Despite a year fraught with delayed, canceled and stalled trains, as well as the seventh fare hike in less than a decade, a new study released by Empire Center found that MTA’s overtime rose by nearly 16 percent last year. In total, the MTA shelled out $418 million in overtime more than five times what the anticipated price hike that took …

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by Zak Failla