Empty off-peak LIRR cars
Empty LIRR eastbound train Tuesday afternoon. Credit: John Asbury
Moynihan Trail Hall at Penn Station was bustling with passengers by mid-day Tuesday,
Restaurant tables were packed with diners and the lines to the bathroom snaked around the corner.
But the off-peak LIRR trains were the exact opposite as commuters hadn't quite caught up with their train routines following the strike's end.
Train cars on a 2:07 train from Penn Station to Huntington left with mostly empty cars except for a ticket taker who walked down the aisle.
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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