LIRR Commuter Council Worries That Penn Station Repairs Will Make Bad Commute Worse
It is going to be a rough summer for commuters at Penn Station, and some new details have been released about what commuters will be up against.
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It is going to be a rough summer for commuters at Penn Station, and some new details have been released about what commuters will be up against.
Saturday's rally comes after Amtrak announced repair plans at Penn Station that could disrupt commutes for most of the summer.
Amtrak was responding Friday to a letter from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Christie calling for a private operator to take over Penn Station, where recent derailments and other problems have hampered commuters.
The governors sent a joint letter to Amtrak on Thursday night, saying the situation at Penn Station "has gone from bad to worse to intolerable."
Westbound Long Island Rail Road service was halted between Jamaica, Queens and Penn Station through much of the evening rush.
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Amtrak says its working to "develop and refine" its plan following a meeting Monday with the two railroads. An initial proposal would disrupt rail service for 44 days this summer.
The leak was happening in the area where riders catch the Long Island Rail Road.
Under the proposed plan, repairs could snarl service for commuters for weeks this summer.
Rail commuters would face about six weeks of significant service disruptions this summer under a preliminary plan to make repairs at Penn Station.
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Accelerated repairs at Penn Station this summer will require two or three "significant'' disruptions to service, Amtrak's CEO told New Jersey lawmakers Friday.
The plan is in addition to ongoing Amtrak track maintenance work that NJ TRANSIT says will cause 15-minute delays to and from Penn on weekdays and 30-minute delays on weekends "until further notice,"
Amtrak's intent to begin making long-overdue repairs at Penn Station has been met with a mixture of jubilation and consternation in Albany and Trenton.
Delays on the NJ TRANSIT system persisted as the evening rush began at Penn Station due to the overhead wire problems.
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