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LIRR passengers worried about rise in stop signal running

LIRR trains arriving and leaving the Freeport station.

Photo credit: Newsday File /Paul J. Bereswill | LIRR trains arriving and leaving the Freeport station. (September 26, 2007)

Long Island Rail Road passengers expressed concerns about safety Tuesday morning after a Newsday story that more trains have been going through stop signals this year than in the previous two years.

"The goal is to get us there safely, so why are they going through signals?" passenger Joseph Licata, 19, of Farmingdale asked as he waited for the 7:58 a.m. westbound train out of Farmingdale....

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