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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,...

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MTA 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,...

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LIRR, 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...

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LIRR 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...

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LIRR 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...

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App 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...

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Metro-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...

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Metro-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...

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LIRR: 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...

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Conn. 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...

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Complex 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...

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NTSB 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...

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Feds 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...

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‘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...

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Package 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...

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MTA, 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...

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Glitch 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...

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Metro-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...

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LIRR 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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