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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

Motorists and mass transit riders in New York already facing fare and toll increases next year and in 2023 could face drastic service cuts if the federal government doesn’t help the Metropolitan Transportation Authority out of a gaping budget hole brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

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New electrical grid on the LIRR and Metro North is supported to kill nearly all viruses and bacteria, including COVID-19. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

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…

Subway service could be cut up to 40 percent, and bus service as much as 50 percent, the MTA says if they don’t get billions in the form of federal aid. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Mass transit is dealing with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias and the extensive damage left behind. Rana Novini reports.

The Long Island Railroad introduced a new app that promises to tell riders how full each car is before it gets to the station. The hope is it will make it easier for people practice social distancing on their commutes. Pei-Sze Cheng shows us how it works.

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

Even though riders may disagree, the MTA said subways had their best on-time performance in January in seven years. Perhaps even more surprising, Metro-North and LIRR also showed high on-time numbers as well. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

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…

After a work train came off the tracks in the Empire Tunnel late Thursday, delays backed up into Friday commutes for hours before finally getting back on track in the afternoon. NBC New York’s Ken Buffa reports.

A cement truck derailment is fouling traffic Friday. Ken Buffa reports.

Penn Station is set to get 8 new train tracks, under a new plan Gov. Cuomo unveiled that would also bring big changes to the current areas around the station. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

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…

Passengers dressed as Santas were seen in a physical altercation aboard an eastbound LIRR train Saturday.

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.