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MTA staffs up weekend LIRR trains more than weekdays despite low ridership

Por: New York Post Nation March 10, 2023

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The Long Island Rail Road is staffing weekend trains more heavily than it does weekday service, even though Saturdays and Sundays account for just a fraction of its ridership, a Post investigation has found. The pre-pandemic log of staffing assignments for the LIRR’s 1,200-plus trains raises new questions about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s management of the railroad as it has been hit by a slew of scandals and suffered the... + full article



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