![]() MTA adds Brooklyn shuttles, longer trains but still leave LIRR riders fuming ![]() The most heavily staffed train in the entire system before the pandemic struck was a weekend afternoon train, 6102, running between between Penn Station and Babylon, LI, which had 11 LIRR workers on it, the records show. The Post’s analysis revealed that by almost any measure the LIRR staffs its weekend service far more generously than weekdays. We need the governor and legislature to ensure the MTA has the resources necessary - and deploys the resources effectively - to save us time and bring New York back.” The MTA is bolstering its staffing on LIRR trains on weekends. “And we depend on the MTA to get us there. “Many city riders are struggling every day to get where we need to go,” said Danny Pearlstein, the top spokesman for the Riders Alliance. 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 a week-long meltdown following the poorly planned rollout of a its new schedule. 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. MTA told back in 2012 of Grand Central LIRR commute-mare ![]() ![]() Hell-LIRR: For $15 billion, EVERY commuter should get better service Hell on wheels: MTA adds Brooklyn shuttles, longer trains but still leave LIRR riders fuming MTA promises Jamaica can fit Grand Central schedule after rush-hour meltdowns ![]()
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