'For as long as it lasts'
First train from Huntington leaving westbound following the multiday strike. Credit: Newsday/John Asbury
Jay Lano, 65, of Northport, was waiting for the first Huntington train into Penn Station to go to work in the city.
He said he had scrambled back from the city Friday night as train schedules, already impeded by an Amtrak tunnel fire a day earlier, were significantly disrupted at Penn Station.
He said he could have driven into the city but is happy to have the LIRR back, "for as long as it lasts."
"That option wasn't palatable but it's nice to rely on the railroad again as long it is going to last," Lano said. "It's generally reliable, but you never know when something else is going to disrupt service"
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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