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Any sense of why peak services are hourly and non-peak are every 1/2 hour? (I'd guess Jamaica is simply that busy during peak travel that they can't run 1/2 hourly shuttles.) Since LIRR is still running the regular schedule for now into Penn, I don’t believe they have the train sets for more peak s...

Hands off the Third Track project!!! https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/laura-curran-helena-williams-nassau-1.15403475 Helena Williams, ex-LIRR president, tapped for Nassau deputy job Nassau County Executive-elect Laura Curran has selected Helena Williams, former Long Island Rail Road pres...

Has anyone been contacted for the most recent Conductor posting?

It is all about the money…the MTA, the county, the village, the car manufacturer all have the deep pockets. To sue just the SUV driver's estate…probably not much money there… However, once the NTSB's final report is issued, the story may change… As far as I know, the results of toxicology tests have...

Has anyone heard if MN will be looking to hire conductors in the near future?

I've been keeping an eye on the MTA employment listings lately, but have not seen anything posted.

Thanks!

Once-proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex rail line gathers dust http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2014/01/proposed_monmouth-ocean-middlesex_rail_line_gathers_dust_under_christie_administration.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; As commuters spend more of their time stuck...

Given the imminent redevelopment of the Willets Point area, renovating the LIRR station at WP makes sense… http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/nyregion/the-end-of-willets-point.html?ref=nyregion It is easy to drive past Willets Point, the 62-acre tangle of auto shops, car parts and grease-covered mech...

http://newyork.newsday.com/news/new-york/more-ex-lirr-workers-guilty-in-pension-scam-1.4291546 More ex-LIRR workers guilty in pension scam Former Long Island Rail Road workers Philip Pulsonetti and James Reiser pleaded guilty on Tuesday to claiming disability benefits based on phony injuries, bringi...

Metro-North seeks 500 more parking spots in Southeast http://www.lohud.com/article/20120507/NEWS04/305070088/Metro-North-seeks-500-more-p?nclick_check=1 "SOUTHEAST — Metro-North Railroad wants to build 500 more spaces next to its Southeast train station in Putnam County and is offering to fix a...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/arts/design/a-proposal-for-penn-station-and-madison-square-garden.html?ref=nyregion "It’s time to address the calamity that is Penn Station. Nearly a half-century has passed since the destruction of the great 1910 station designed by Charles Follen McKim of McK...

Deep Below Park Avenue, a Monster at Rest http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/25/nyregion/deep-below-park-avenue-a-200-ton-drill-at-rest.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion "Rome has the catacombs; Paris has its sewers. Now New York will have its own subterranean wonder: a 200-ton mechanical serpent’s head. ...

An Airport Whose Time May Not Come http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/nyregion/31stewart.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=stewart%20airport&st=cse "Stewart International Airport was supposed to be the long-sought fourth major airport to serve the New York metropolitan area. But four years after th...

Helena speaks: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/opinion/l05lirr.html?ref=opinion Letter Penn Station and Beyond Published: December 4, 2010 To the Editor: While I enjoyed Tom Scocca and Choire Sicha’s whimsical look at commuters’ love-hate relationship with Penn Station (“Miracle on 33rd Street,” O...

Anyone have an update on FK? According to this, Cuomo will be gunning for all the unions if elected governor: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/nyregion/25cuomo.html?_r=1&hp Cuomo Vows Offensive Against Labor Unions Andrew M. Cuomo will mount a presidential-style permanent political campaign to ...

For the folks from the Stamford area, a shuttle run local to Jamaica would allow them to then transfer to the appropriate LIRR train. ******* Why bother with a shuttle? Just have NH riders transfer at GCT for LIRR via ESA...it's a longer ride for the individual, but easier to manage from a system po...