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A former LIRR employee is under indictment for allegedly falsifying an inspection report on a piece of equipment that later caused a train derailment. Federal prosecutors allege that Stuart Conklin filed a report falsely certifying that he had inspected and passed a piece of electrical equipment called a rail bond in late April 2019. The unit was in fact broken,…

This lost pooch punched an express ticket home. An English bulldog was reunited with his owner after some eagle-eyed Long Island Rail Road workers spotted him by the tracks in the Hamptons on Tuesday morning. The dog, an 8-year-old named Sampson, apparently ran off while spending that afternoon at a park in East Hampton with his owner, Mike Francow....

Photos shared with NBC New York by fed-up commuters show people crowding in aisles, standing or sitting shoulder to shoulder in enclosed LIRR cars — reminiscent of pre-COVID commuting

Service cutbacks hit the Long Island Rail Road this week. It’s an arm of the MTA that has yet to bounce back from a dramatic dip in ridership since the start of the pandemic. Starting Monday, the Long Island Rail Road is opening on a new schedule that more closely aligns with current ridership numbers. The MTA estimates regular...

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2021 offers hope for a rebound: a new administration considered more friendly to public transit needs; vaccines that will slow the virus’ spread and help bring back commuters; federal stimulus dollars to blunt some of the pandemic’s effects and advances in major infrastructure projects

A crew of LIRR workers completed a harrowing rescue Wednesday when a man standing on a platform at the East New York station in Brooklyn suddenly fell onto the tracks and got wedged between the rails, unable to move, MTA officials said Thursday. The track workers just happened to be in the area after a morning briefing when the man…

In addition to planned toll and fare increases coming, the MTA said subway and bus service could be cut as much as 40 percent, while rail service to suburbs in New York, Connecticut and Long Island could be reduced up to 50 percent

You can now see if a Long Island Rail Road train is busy before you even leave home. In a new feature on the LIRR app announced Tuesday, riders can plan their trip and choose trains based on recent crowding data that will allow them to socially distance. Commuters will be able to see the median ridership of the past…

Donald Belfi sentenced Colin Ferguson to 315 years in prison for his December 7, 1993 attack aboard a LIRR train that left six people dead and 19 injured

The MTA is giving itself a pat on the back after numbers show marked improvement for timeliness — but not all riders are ready to board the transit agency’s comeback train

A rail work train derailment in the Empire Tunnel in Manhattan impacted Amtrak service for certain trains in and out New York Penn Station since Thursday night, but as of Friday afternoon, operations are back to normal, according to Amtrak. At about 11:16 p.m. Thursday, a work train carrying cement derailed in the Empire Tunnel, Amtrak says. The cause is…

The Long Island Rail Road has put the brakes on plans to ban cash transactions on trains. The railroad’s president said Monday the proposal has been tabled until the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s new fare payment system is in place, Newsday reports. That’s not expected to happen until 2021. The LIRR had planned to go cashless in March and eliminate the...

Commuters aboard an LIRR train Saturday had front row seats to an unusual sight: several Santas mixed up in a physical altercation. Video posted to Twitter captured a struggle between several men as the train pulled out of Manhattan. Police say the aggressor was a 45-year-old man who pulled a knife, stabbed a man in the leg. Witnesses say people…

All New Jersey Transit’s Morris & Essex Midtown Direct trains to Penn Station will be diverted to Hoboken during the weekslong overhaul at Penn Station this summer, Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday.

A derailment on the Long Island Rail Road stranded hundreds of passengers Friday night but now, trains are running on or close to schedule, railroad officials said.

A Long Island Rail Road passenger train leaving Penn Station derailed in Queens, the MTA said, with two cars going off the rails Friday night.

A blackout across much of midtown Manhattan and part of the Upper West Side knocked out power to at least 90,000 customers on Saturday evening, Con Edison said. The MTA said some subway stations are affected; many traffic lights are also down. Scroll down for real-time updates from all your key transit sources.

Trains to the Hamptons resumed Memorial Day after a derailment snarled travel to the popular resort area during the holiday weekend, the Long Island Rail Road says.

Long Island Rail Road service was suspended on the Montauk Branch each of Patchogue early Saturday after a train heading to Montauk sideswiped another train, the agency said.

LIRR service was temporarily suspended on several branches due to a downed power line on the tracks, the agency said.

Two of the three victims of this week’s obliterating crash involving two Long Island Rail Road trains and a vehicle on the tracks have been identified.

Surveillance video obtained exclusively by News 4 New York shows the moment of impact when two Long Island Rail Road trains slammed into a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury, then one of the trains derailing and crashing into the station platform.

The car that went around railroad crossing safety gates and caused the horrific dual fatal Long Island Rail Road train collision in Westbury may have been fleeing a minor fender bender, police say.

Get real-time updates from all your key transit sources below as the storm socks the tri-state area.

Get real-time updates from all your key transit sources below as the storms socks the tri-state area.

Multiple LIRR trains will be canceled or diverted for infrastructure projects next year — including the East Side Access megaproject that sources say is more than four years away from completion.

The MTA announced today that multiple trains will be cancelled or diverted ahead of multiple infrastructure projects taking place in the coming months.

A tractor trailer accident on the New Jersey Turnpike caused delays for commuters Friday morning.

The Long Island Rail Road warned of massive service disruptions Friday, with dozens of trains cancelled, as the ongoing effects of Thursday’s power outage snarl much of its network.

An LIRR train struck a car on the tracks near Bethpage on Saturday, the railroad said.

The morning commute has gotten off to a slow start after suspensions on two major railroads at the height of the rush.

The LIRR president has responded to criticism that he waited too long to tell the public a train had derailed over the weekend.

An NJ Transit engineer was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries Thursday after a person jumped off a platform and went through the windshield of the engine, a source familiar with the case tells News 4.

The Long Island Railroad’s Ronkonkoma Branch from Ronkonkoma to Hicksville and service between Jamaica to Penn Station was suspended after two people were hit and killed by two different trains Monday morning, the agency says.

No need to be in Napa Valley to enjoy wineries — Long Island has got you covered.

The Long Island Rail Road is giving back to monthly ticket holders with its Summer Saturdays customer appreciation program.

Planning your trip on the LIRR has been Malik Ellis’s dream since he was just a toddler. However, this teen train enthusiast is dealing with his own life delays as he waits for a new kidney. On Monday, Ellis became an MTA employee outfitted with the official uniform, an employee badge and even the MTA schedule handbook.

If American Pharoah becomes the first Triple Crown champion in 37 years, it won’t be before a record-setting crowd. A sellout crowd of 90,000 was streaming into Belmont Park early Saturday. Track officials put an attendance cap on this year’s event after traffic, troubled trains and sold-out concession stands created chaos last year. So far, the crowd was under control.

American Pharoah dashed to victory in the Belmont Stakes to clinch the Triple Crown before a sellout crowd Saturday, ending a decades-long drought of horses to accomplish one of sports’ rarest feats. American Pharoah led all the way to win by 5½ lengths, becoming the first horse in 37 years to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. The...

The MTA has announced Phillip Eng will be the next president of the Long Island Rail Road. He succeeds Patrick Nowakowski, who served as LIRR president for nearly four years and will step down on Friday, News 4 previously reported.

Signal problems mucked up the commute for subway riders in Manhattan again Wednesday, as the MTA said issues at Rockefeller Center had prompted a flurry of service changes on the orange line at the height of the morning rush.

Commuters on the rails and the roads are facing a tough Tuesday morning commute as rain falls down on parts of the tri-state.

The head of the MTA is launching an investigation into claims that Mayor de Blasio delayed a subway train so he could board, a controversy that comes days after City Hall apparently directed the NYPD to clear a subway station of homeless people before a visit by the mayor.

A “rail condition” at 57th Street-Seventh Avenue caused delays on a half-dozen subway lines Thursday morning, according to the MTA.

MTA Chairman Joe Lhota has announced an immediate $836 million subway stabilization plan that will include sweeping repairs and cleaning of subway trains and stations, added personnel and longer trains, more countdown clocks and clearer service updates, all within the next year.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved spending $134.5 million to replace two aging substations that help power PATH trains.

No one was hurt in a minor Q train derailment in Brooklyn Friday morning, the MTA says, but the subway derailment — the second in less than a month — caused major service changes for riders on multiple lines all day, along with other issues across the system.

Thursday morning brought suspensions and delays on the PATH and Newark AirTrain, more cancellations on NJ Transit due to manpower issues and a rash of subway delays due to sick customers and signal problems.

Long Island Rail Road riders were mired in yet another commute nightmare during both the morning and evening rush hours Tuesday, and one frustrated passenger let loose on an employee amid the transit mess, video shows.

All across the tri-state region, commuters are experiencing the first day of a two-month disruption that will touch nearly every way that people get into and out of New York City.

LIRR commuters are urged to prepare on how to get to work Monday morning as the Penn Station ‘Summer of Hell’ commences.

The “summer of hell” starts Monday, and most commuters still have more questions than answers.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is halting payments to Amtrak following a second derailment at Penn Station that is causing headaches for commuters in the nation’s busiest rail hub.

Many Long Island Rail Road riders will be asked to take their morning trains through Jamaica, Hunters Point or Atlantic Terminal instead of Penn Station when Amtrak starts its infrastructure work there this summer, News 4 has learned.

Some New York state lawmakers want to withhold millions of dollars of funding from Penn Station until Amtrak resolves chronic commuter train delays.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a transportation plan aimed at helping Long Island Rail Road riders who will be affected by the six-week Penn Station overhaul this summer.

Amtrak has published the list of six Northeast Regional trains in and out of New York Penn Station it plans to cancel this summer as part of the rehab project at the ailing transit hub.

Amtrak officials say at least three tracks at a time will be closed at Penn Station as part of extensive repair work there that is expected to inconvenience thousands of rail commuters this summer.

Amtrak will announce the summer service plan for New York Penn Station next week, which will let the Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit announce their schedules as well, Amtrak’s chief executive said Thursday.

A man was injured in an incident on the tracks at New York Penn Station Friday afternoon, immediately causing delays and cancellations ahead of rush hour.

An LIRR employee was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train in Queens on Saturday, officials said.

The Long Island Rail Road suspended service in both directions on the Babylon and Montauk branches Friday morning due to police activity.

Eight MTA workers made more than $200,000 in overtime alone last year, part of a general surge in agency overtime in 2016, according to a new report.  The Empire Center, an independent, not-for-profit think tank based in Albany, released its latest table of public payrolls for MTA employees on SeeThroughNY.net Monday.  The top earner in the MTA was Ralph...

A Long Island Rail Road train derailed in New Hyde Park Saturday night, injuring 33 people, 4 of whom sustained serious injuries.

New Jersey Transit will add additional trains to help get horse race fans to Monmouth Park to watch Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.