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Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Commuters crowd platforms at the Hicksville LIRR train station and attempt to board as they return to work. (Nov. 5, 2012)
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Long Island Rail Road commuters returned to the system in big numbers Monday, and had to endure big crowds to get to work, officials said.
LIRR customer service vice president Joe Calderone said the agency carried "close" to the number of people it does on a typical weekday morning, despite offering less than half its usual service. Average weekday ridership, one way into both Penn and Brooklyn,...
