By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; June 23, 2019
The Long Island Rail Road, after steadily improving service since late last year, has struggled with multiple rush-hour delays and cancellations during weekdays this month, but the railroad’s president insists he has not taken his “foot off the gas.”
After improving its on-time performance in five out of six months since December, and having its best May in seven years, the LIRR has been dogged recently by problems ranging from the uncontrollable — a police chase on the LIRR’s tracks near Merrick during the height of the June 4 evening rush hour — to the familiar — an uptick in switch trouble and signal problems that have caused delays throughout the system.