LIRR scaling back service again due to decreased ridership amid pandemic
The MTA says starting March 8, the LIRR will cut the number of trains it runs, bringing weekday service closer to weekend service.
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Feb 25, 2021, 5:17 PM
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11h agoNews 12 Long Island has
learned that service on the Long Island Rail Road will be scaled back once
again starting next month.
The MTA says starting March
8, the LIRR will cut the number of trains it runs, bringing weekday service
closer to weekend service.
Railroad
officials say despite things opening up since the start of the pandemic, the
LIRR is still hurting for ridership.
Trains
will run on hourly schedules during the middle of the day on the Ronkonkoma,
Hempstead, Far Rockaway, Port Washington and Long Beach branches. They will run
every half hour on the Babylon and Huntington lines.
No jobs will be cut, but LIRR
officials say they stand to save almost $15.5 million, including overtime
costs.
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