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LIRR Service Cuts Start Today

Long Island Rail Road riders, it's time for you to share in the MTA's cost-cutting measures to deal with an $800 million budget shortfall ("The LIRR developed reductions that will improve efficiency while attempting to minimize the adverse impact to customers"). Service from Long Beach, Babylon, Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson and Port Washington is either eliminated or reduced starting today. Details are here—for instance, on the Babylon line, "The 7:40 AM train from Seaford to Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn will be canceled. To accommodate customers from this train, the 7:33 AM train from Babylon to Atlantic Terminal will depart four minutes earlier at 7:29 AM, and stops will be added at Wantagh, Bellmore, Merrick, Freeport, Baldwin and Rockville Centre."

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  • xgeyiph772

    Shouldn't this be posted on longislandist?

  • Manitoba

    Many of the "cuts" hardly seem like a big deal.

    For example, it seems the 4:39 train is canceled, and the 4:37 train will add stops to the express line, but you can still take the 4:34.

    I'm sure this will result is slightly more crowded trains, but compared to the subway in the morning, I'm sure it's still less so. I'd be curious to hear from anyone actually affected by this, and if it's really that terrible.

    Plus, how much will these specific cuts actually save? Will they fire any conductors/staff, or will they just be reassigned? Will it result in the reduction of new trains being ordered in the future?

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