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LIRR: Broken rail repaired near Bethpage, service resumes

A file photo shows a Long Island Rail Road train.

A file photo shows a Long Island Rail Road train. Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams, Jr.

By Joan Grallajoan.gralla@newsday.comJoanGralla

The Long Island Rail Road said it restored service on its Ronkonkoma branch to and from Penn Station at 5:15 p.m. Saturday.

Trains were halted at about 3 p.m. because of a broken rail near Bethpage, the LIRR said.

By Joan Gralla and Ted Phillips

Joan Gralla is a general assignment reporter who also covers parks, flood control and Holocaust restitution. She's a former Reuters correspondent who covered politics, economics and markets.

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