MTA Consolidates 117 Agency Phone Numbers Into One
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Getting customer service information from the MTA is about to get a little bit easier. In an effort to streamline and simply the way customers interact with the transit agency,...
View ArticleMTA Subway, Bus Fare Hike Hearing To Go On Despite Nor’easter
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - As we’ve seen over the past week plus, weather can’t bring New York City to a grinding halt. WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb On The Story Download: lamb_mtahearings1w_midday_121107.mp3 So,...
View ArticleLIRR, Metro-North, NJ TRANSIT Getting Service Back Up After Blizzard
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Service started to return to mass transit across the Tri-State Area on Saturday afternoon after some rail and bus service was halted by Friday’s blizzard. MTA Subway service is...
View ArticleLIRR Derailment Repairs Expected To Be Complete By Monday Morning Commute
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Long Island Rail Road riders can expect at least one more day of delays and cancellations after a train derailment earlier this week. “We have completed the task of replacing...
View ArticleLIRR Repairs To Damaged Track ‘Enormous Effort’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It could be Monday before the Long Island Rail Road finishes repairs to a track that was damaged when a freight train derailed earlier this week. The LIRR said crews have...
View ArticleApp Developers Hunker Down In Brooklyn To Make Transit Service Better
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Hundreds of app developers and other tech whizzes gathered in Brooklyn this weekend for a contest to create apps for transit riders. The MTA AT&T NYU-Poly Hackathon contest...
View ArticleMetro-North’s New Haven Line Back On Schedule After Repairs
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Regular train service has returned to Connecticut, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks. Commuter rail service from...
View ArticleMetro-North Track Worker Struck, Killed By Train In West Haven
WEST HAVEN, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) - A track worker was struck and killed Tuesday by a train at a Metro-North station under construction in Connecticut, the railroad said. Spokesman Aaron Donovan said...
View ArticleLIRR: Copper Theft To Blame For Morning Delays, Cancellations
WOODSIDE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Long Island Rail Road commuters faced delays and cancellations Friday morning after officials said someone stripped copper wire from equipment that affected signals in...
View ArticleConn. Transit Advocate: Metro-North Not Transparent About ‘Slow Orders’
DARIEN, Conn. (CBSNewYork) – The chairman of the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council has resigned as is speaking out about slowdowns on Metro-North Railroad. As WCBS 880 Connecticut Bureau Chief Fran...
View ArticleComplex Commute To Continue For Metro-North Hudson Line Riders
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The Metro-North Rail Road will continue to provide shuttle buses and direct Hudson Line commuters to subway trains Tuesday, following the derailment in the Bronx that left...
View ArticleNTSB Official: Metro-North Train Was Speeding At 82 mph When It Derailed
YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – The Metro-North Railroad train that derailed while rounding a riverside curve in the Bronx was traveling at 82 mph at the time, a National Transportation Safety Board...
View ArticleFeds Blast Metro-North, Call Recent Accidents ‘Unacceptable’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The head of the Federal Railroad Administration is demanding immediate safety improvements from Metro-North following the deadly train derailment in the Bronx. In a letter...
View Article‘End Of An Era’ As Metro-North’s Bar Cars Make Final Run
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The final Metro-North Railroad bar car is set to ride off into the sunset. “It’s the end of an era on Metro-North,” MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan told WCBS 880 on Friday...
View ArticlePackage That Affected Metro-North Trains In Fairfield Was School Project
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Fairfield police say the suspicious package that caused delays of up to two hours on Metro-North’s New Haven Line turned out to be a school project. The rectangular...
View ArticleMTA, LIRR Contract Talks Set Resume Next Week As L.I. Lawmakers Call On Cuomo...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Contract talks are expected to resume next week between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road union workers. The latest round of talks last week...
View ArticleGlitch Hits Monthly LIRR, Metro-North MetroCard Users, Snarls Subway Access
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A glitch created problems Monday for roughly 10,000 commuters heading into New York City, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said. “Because of a technical problem with...
View ArticleMetro-North Apologizes For Hours-Long Train Delay In Bitter Cold
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20150203182354827AA.mp4 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Metro-North Railroad issued an apology Tuesday, a day after hundreds of passengers were stranded for more...
View ArticleLIRR Fixes Broken Rails That Caused System-Wide Delays
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20150213172605413AA.mp4 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Long Island Rail Road has fixed five broken rails that caused system-wide delays for hours Friday. It...
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