The Long Island Rail Road on Friday fired an engineer accused of allowing a passenger to operate a rush-hour train between Hicksville and Long Island City in July, officials said. Ronald Cabrera's ...

(AP) - A railroad engineer and the passengerhe allegedly let drive a commuter train carrying almost 400 ridersduring rush hour at speeds of up to 80 mph (129 kph) are facingreckless endangerment ...

Some old-time railroaders still call Kevin Tomlinson "The Kid." That's because they remember how Tomlinson started his career at the Long Island Rail Road -- as a teenage intern in the engineering ...

REGIONAL — A threatened strike by Long Island Rail Road employees would affect nearly 300,000 riders, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said at a press conference Thursday afternoon, ...

New York’s Long Island Rail Road, the biggest commuter line in the US, is facing a potential strike next week as locomotive engineers currently vote on whether to authorize a work stoppage — and ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Long Island Rail Road union leaders asked for a Presidential Emergency Board on Monday, delaying any potential strike for months -- and likely until May. The Brotherhood of ...

The 79-year-old, who now lives in Florida, calls it a slap in the face after her husband and her husband's father were part of the LIRR family for decades. She says she is not taking any of the MTA's ...

Long Island Rail Road riders will stay on track – for now. A strike that promised to cause travel nightmares for “screwed” commuters was shelved for at least several months as union officials took an ...

When Long Island Rail Road commuters start riding to and from Grand Central Terminal will depend on how a ventilation fan blows. MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber wouldn’t commit Wednesday to starting ...