By Greg Wehner, 27east.com; March 4, 2019
The Long Island Rail Road on Monday morning kicked off its inaugural run of the South Fork Commuter Connection—a train service with coordinated shuttles designed to help get members of the workforce to their jobs on the East End—though ridership was low.
Due to the winter storm, which resulted in 1 to 3 inches of snow on the East End, Town Hall was on a two-hour delayed opening, as were area school districts. The combination, along with the lack of eastbound “trade parade” congestion at this point in March, Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said on Monday morning, may have had an impact on the number of people who took the commuter train earlier that day.