The Metropolitan Transportation Authority launched the biggest schedule shakeup in 50 years at the Long Island Rail Road on Monday — with dozens of trains serving its new Grand Central terminal, in…
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority launched the biggest schedule shakeup in 50 years at the Long Island Rail Road on Monday — with dozens of trains serving its new Grand Central Madison terminal, in part by slashing service between the suburbs and Brooklyn.
Another rider said she didn’t have a choice other than to find a way to make the new service work — though she offered compliments for the MTA’s recently overhauled commuter railroad app. “This makes my commute about an hour less,” said 21-year-old Nick Jablonski. “Comparing the 20 minute time to get here versus the 45 minute time to Penn Station, it can actually be different if I do this a lot.”
All told, the MTA expected to run nearly 1,000 trains on the LIRR on Monday — almost 300 were bound or departing from Grand Central Madison. Officials previewed the schedule changes in the fall, but LIRR rider activists have assailed the railroad for not making major adjustments to the drafts before rolling them out on Monday.Commuters walk through Grand Central Madison during the first day of full service to the station on Monday.
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