By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; July 11, 2018
The Long Island Rail Road has completed the replacement of the entire train signal system at a key switching area in Queens, ensuring better service reliability for commuters, LIRR officials said Wednesday.
Last weekend, the railroad finished a multiyear effort to modernize its decades-old mechanical signal system at the Harold Interlocking in Queens with an electronic, microprocessor based system that LIRR officials say will result in fewer signal-related problems for customers traveling into and out of Penn Station — just west of the interlocking.
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