MTA CEO Janno Lieber and LIRR Interim President Catherine Rinaldi spent the morning rush observing it in real time at the LIRR Operations Center in Queens. READ MORE: CBS2 rides LIRR from Jamaica to Midtown East to check out new Grand Central Madison now,' added Toure Wright of Oyster Bay.Īccording to the MTA, the LIRR carried more than 60,000 peak passengers on Wednesday morning, with 71% traveling to Penn Station and 29% to Grand Central Madison.

'Frustrated that they couldn't keep some trains direct and not have the transfer,' one rider said. Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition demanding improved service. Just doesn't make any sense to me,' said Peter Coyne, who commutes from Babylon.Ĭommuters who take the Oyster Bay line are taking it a step further. 'Platforms are overrun, there's no seats on the trains, but they're saying that they're running more trains. 'Conductors can't even check for tickets, it's that packed,' one rider said. READ MORE: Frustrated Long Island Rail Road riders say new schedule will make commutes longer, less convenientĪround 6 p.m., LIRR tracking data showed two trains at 111% of the seating capacity. We have heard from people who are happy, very small number, and I expect that the number will grow.' 'We'd like to see more trains added back into the schedules, more express trains added, some more regularity into the schedules. 'We would like to see better timed transfers,' she said. Lisa Daglian, with the rider advocacy group Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA, is calling for more changes.

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