Will LIRR ever restore year-round weekend service on North Fork?
GRANT PARPAN PHOTO | A Long Island Rail Road train crosses Factory Avenue in Mattituck en route from Riverhead to Greenport. You can take a train from the North Fork to New York City on a Friday. But...
View ArticleLIRR scoot trains planned for the North Fork on hold
REPORTER FILE PHOTO |Mattituck train station Monday afternoon. Plans for so-called scoot trains, which were once envisioned as a way of increasing Long Island Rail Road service to the North Fork,...
View ArticleLIRR: Year-round weekend service on North Fork will be restored
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Long Island Rail Road officials announced July 25 that year-round weekend train service between Penn Station and Greenport will be restored. LIRR President Patrick Nowakowski...
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KARL GROSSMAN Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s administration intends to eliminate eight Suffolk County Transit bus routes as of October 3, including several on the East End. The routes to be...
View ArticleIsland transportation inadequate and no solutions on the horizon
REPORTER FILE PHOTOA North Ferry boat. Once in Greenport, some Islanders have no further transportation. You can’t get there from here. At least that’s the way it seems for Shelter Islanders who don’t...
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