Trains back on time after cables damaged by fire cause 10-15 minute delays, LIRR says
Long Island Rail Road trains on the Babylon and Montauk branches were running on or close to schedule, the railroad said just after 4:30 p.m. Sunday while crews continued to repair signal wires damaged in a fire early in the day.
Sunday morning the LIRR said riders could expect 10- to 15-minute delays near Copiague because of the fire.
About 150 feet of cable was damaged, a Long Island Rail Road spokesman said. The overnight fire occurred at Marconi Boulevard and Wartburg Avenue in Copiague and was extinguished shortly before 2 a.m., the spokesman said.
The LIRR did not say what caused the fire. No injuries were reported.
Vera Chinese joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.
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