Long Island Rail Road

Monday, December 27, 2010
The first Long Iceland Rail Road train in more than 15 hours in Jamaica was in Babylon shortly after 13.30 clock Monday after a suspension of service caused by snow frustration frustrated by the wind to try working, blown clear take-off and landing runways. The train is local stations, with the exception of Valley Stream. In addition, however, LIRR will not say where the other trains should start running again.
The passenger train, followed by the movement of trains without passengers on board test. Fifteen hours after the LIRR suspended service throughout the system due to snow storm, which began operations a "test train" years, officials said yesterday afternoon.
Trains on a main road running, from which the track conditions, "said spokesman Joe Calderone.
Though the movement shows that progress to try to get more suburban corridor, Calderon said it was too early to determine when service resumes.
"It is from hour to hour," said Calderone, who are the workers in about 30 switches in Jamaica focused primarily influenced by the weather. He added: "Obviously, we are especially looking for the service restored."
Meanwhile, some customers get stuck LIRR at Penn Station on the evening of Sunday, including many fans who participated in World Wrestling Entertainment event in Madison Square Garden. Calderon said that two trains were to remain stationed customers a place warm and cozy. LIRR trains of the house together that morning, the bathrooms would not be "overwhelmed," said Calderone.
Long Iceland Rail Road service remains closed in all directions and LIRR officials say it is time to get digging crews to fully address the enormous task of the system.
the nation's busiest passenger rail system suspended shortly after 22 clock at night on Sunday created a snow storm stopped deep tunnels, the trains to and from their destinations. LIRR officials not predict when service will resume on Monday.
"We are still grappling with the elements," said LIRR spokesman Joe Calderone. "The storm is still ongoing. The wind continues to blow. In all clean up some of the switch is the wind and snow again."
While the LIRR crews worked to clear snow from Sunday night, Calderon said that the majority of the work could begin until the bad weather. Some employees who clear snow would not be able to work themselves from themselves, "he said.
The transport service has said that New York City Transit made LIRR tickets for the subway at Penn, the Atlantic Terminal and Jamaica.
The service is also interrupted in parts of the Metro-North Rail Road and several subway lines.
A "good" side is that many passengers a week, you and schools were closed for holidays, bringing the number of people affected by the closure, said, "Calderone.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has asked customers to stay at home and on Monday recommended that travelers keep track of your travel site updates mta.info. But the place has exposed to traffic and load slowly or not at all for some passengers trying to get the latest updates.
As far as 20.5 inches of snow fell in parts of Long Iceland, since the two counties of Nassau and Suffolk were under a blizzard warning to 18 clock Monday night. At 10:39 clock, after the snow was in most areas of Long Iceland, heard the National Weather Serviceforecasters Blizzard's opinion on an announcement of winter weather has changed by driving snow.
On Sunday evening at 10:30, 11 LIRR had reached their goal and were stranded in railway stations in Long Iceland, said Calderone. Ten of these trains are moving "slowly" back to its origin and all local stations, "he said.
remained in Hicksville, eight passengers of the train at the station in the night after falling from bus, "said Calderone.
The other passengers arrived at the station after the LIRR had already suspended the service. Calderon said the LIRR train is a swimming pool as a refuge for travelers in Hicksville, and did the same in Jamaica and Penn Station.
LIRR customers include the recovery in the parked train at Penn Station were fans of the wrestling event, so that the World Wrestling Entertainment at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. The show, attended by several thousand supporters, do not leave until the LIRR suspended service.
Sunday was also the first time that Madison Square Garden has its electronic marquee to the public that the LIRR service was suspended alarm uses.
LIRR Commuter Council President Maureen Michaels alerted railway high quality for the customer in advance that they terminate the service if necessary, and in the security front.
"It would be a mistake for the railroad to with the highest probability of failure of the team in a position to adopt on the third rail contact," said Michaels, who has advised travelers to be patient. "We need time. For 700 miles are to be deleted route."
Michaels added that the LIRR blocked response to this storm, a significant improvement over the previous year, when 150 passengers on the train to Ronkonkoma diesel for three hours without electricity or working toilets disabled during a storm represents snow.
Shortly after the storm, implemented the new policies to LIRR to suspend service if needed, if more than 10 inches of snow falls and better communication with their customers.
"I think the lessons learned have been applied in this storm," said Michaels.
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