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Trains breaking down less, LIRR says

Originally published: February 17, 2012 7:36 PM
Updated: February 17, 2012 10:17 PM
By ALFONSO A. CASTILLO alfonso.castillo@newsday.com

Customers walk by an LIRR train at Penn

Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | Customers walk by an LIRR train at Penn Station. (Jan. 23, 2012)

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Long Island Rail Road trains are breaking down less than ever before, according to the railroad's latest fleet reliability figures.

LIRR train cars traveled 169,724 miles between breakdowns on average last year -- about 20,000 miles farther than in 2010, and 20,000 miles better than the agency's goal for the year.

The fleet's 2011 "mean distance between failures" -- a key performance...

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