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The Wantagh train station platform is scheduled to be repaired beginning in September 2015 during a two-year project to upgrade the facility.

Wantagh’s LIRR station next up for renovations

]Wantagh’s Long Island railroad station is slated for a makeover beginning in 2015 at a projected cost of $20.7 million. The project will replace the station platform, canopy and waiting room as well as the escalator. more

By Laura Schofer | 9/11/14

Road closures on Southern State as of 10:01 a.m. Wednesday, Aug 13.

Flood advisory expires

LIRR Service Update There are system-wide scattered delays of up to 30 minutes because of weather-related problems, as well as up to 90 min delays on the Montauk Branch due to an earlier disabled … more

8/13/14

Anthony Simon, left, the lead union negotiator, about to sign the tentative agreement between the unions and the MTA. Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a news conference Thursday afternoon with Simon and MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast, right, who signed before Simon.

NO STRIKE!

A Long Island Rail Road strike has been averted. The MTA and LIRR unions signed an agreement on Thursday at 1:38 p.m. "We have settled a four-year dispute," Governor Cuomo said at a news conference at his New York City office on Thursday at 1:26 p.m. (Governor's full statement at the end of this news report.) more

By John O'Connell | 7/17/14

Stay at the table and work this out

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he wouldn’t get involved in the threatened strike by unionized LIRR workers, which may happen on Sunday. more

7/16/14

Commuters, let's not let unions bring us to our knees!

With over 300,000 daily riders, the Long Island Rail Road is the busiest commuter railroad in North America. But in just two weeks . . . more

7/9/14

the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and eight LIRR unions were set to return to the bargaining table once again this week to discuss contract negotiations.

Strike countdown continues

With less than two weeks to go before a potentially crippling Long Island Rail Road strike, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and eight LIRR unions were set to return to the bargaining table once again this week to discuss contract negotiations. The National Mediation Board, a three-member, quasi-governmental agency, scheduled a meeting between the MTA and union officials on Tuesday in Manhattan. more

By Stapha Charleme | 7/9/14

Locals gear up for possible LIRR strike

With less than two weeks to go before a potentially crippling Long Island Rail Road strike, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and eight LIRR unions were set to return to the bargaining table … more

By Michael Ganci and Stapha Charleme | 7/8/14

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, at microphone, stopped at the Bellmore train station on Tuesday and criticized an MTA/LIRR plan to bus commuters into New York City in the event of an LIRR strike in July. She was joined here by Councilwoman Angie Cullin, lower left, Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad, Councilman Gary Hudes, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby and Councilman James Darcy.

Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray lambastes LIRR

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray came to the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station on Tuesday to call on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rethink a plan to bus train commuters … more

By Scott Brinton | 6/25/14

MTA officials and LIRR Unions have not settled their dispute.

Possible LIRR strike nears as MTA and Unions continue contract deadlock

There are six weeks remaining in the current LIRR contract deadline before railroad laborers may go on strike. According to officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the LIRR … more

By Stapha Charleme | 6/18/14

Service was suspended on four branches of the LIRR on Tuesday afternoon.

LIRR service restored on Long Beach, Far Rockaway and West Hempstead branches

The LIRR announced at about 3:15 p.m. that service was suspended on the Long Beach, Babylon, Far Rockaway and West Hempstead branches due to signal trouble at Valley Stream. It announced that service was restored at about 4 p.m. but that delays will continue. more

5/20/14