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Commuters packed inside a Long Island Rail Road train from Mineola on Monday. (Matt Long)
LONG ISLAND, NY The Long Island Rail Road added 10 trains to its service bolstering trains on the Babylon and Montauk branches on Tuesday after riders aired concerns over service cuts led to overcrowding on trains, officials said.
The trains were added after LIRR officials monitored patterns, saying they were committed to continually adjusting as riders return to the railroad, officials said in a news release stated. The new trains include four new Babylon Branch trains, and there will be Babylon Branch stops added to two trains from Speonk on the Montauk line.
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LIRR train service will be suspended between New Hyde Park and Hicksville on Saturday and Sunday while engineers perform signal work. (Daniel Hampton / Patch)
NEW HYDE PARK, NY Train service will be suspended between the New Hyde Park and Hicksville stations this weekend while engineers perform signal work as part of the Mineola Long Island Rail Road Expansion Project, according to a news release from the Metropolitan Transit Authority.
There will be no main line train service between Hicksville and Jamaica as a result of the signal work. Trains will not be running from the New Hyde Park, Merillion Avenue, Mineola, Carle Place, and Westbury stations. Riders are advised to use the Hempstead branch where weekend service will be increased from hourly to half-hourly, or Nassau Inter-County Express bus service. LIRR tickets will cross-honored on the N22/24 for service between Hicksville and Mineola, and the N40/41 bus routes for service between Mineola and Hempstead, the news
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