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More Cops On LIRR, Metro-North Trains Amid Major Crimes Spike: Reports - Patchogue, NY - The specialized unit will board trains on Long Island and upstate then ride them to New York City and back ...
February 1, 2023. Unions representing more than 1,000 Metro-North Railroad workers are beginning to rumble about a potential strike against the country’s second-busiest weekday commuter railroad.
The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City. The TBTA is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States by traffic volume.
The department was formed on January 1, 1998, with the consolidation of the Long Island Rail Road Police Department and the Metro-North Railroad Police Department. Since 9/11, the department has expanded in size and has ramped up dramatically its counter-terrorism capabilities, adding canine teams and emergency services officers.
The Metro-North Railroad is a commuter rail system serving two of the five boroughs of New York City (Manhattan and the Bronx), Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, and Orange Counties in New York, as well Fairfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has announced the return of Metro-North Railroad "Summer Saturday" discount programs that allow monthly ticketholders to travel anywhere the ...
Planned West End Street Railway system, 1885; consolidation of these lines was complete by 1887. See also 1880 horse railway map.. Mass transportation in Boston was provided by private companies, often granted charters by the state legislature for limited monopolies, with powers of eminent domain to establish a right-of-way, until the creation of the MTA in 1947.
The original Garrison Depot building (still standing just north of the current Metro-North station), the surrounding buildings, the overpass, and the tunnel just north of the depot were prominently seen in 1969 film Hello, Dolly! during the "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" number.