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LIRR mobile ticketing plans moving forward

Originally published: August 28, 2012 9:55 PM
Updated: August 28, 2012 10:30 PM
By ALFONSO A. CASTILLO  alfonso.castillo@newsday.com

LIRR partnered with CooCoo, a Long Island based

Photo credit: Nancy Borowick | LIRR partnered with CooCoo, a Long Island based technology firm, to bring online tickets to LIRR passengers for The Barclays PGA Tour Event in Farmingdale, and is looking to expand the program system-wide. (July. 23, 2012)

The Long Island Rail Road wants all of its customers to be able to print train tickets at home or download them to smartphones by the end of next year.

That determination by LIRR president Helena Williams comes after the successful test of a mobile ticketing program last week.

The LIRR used the system for customers traveling to and from Farmingdale for the Barclays golf tournament. The...

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