LIRR service to resume at noon Tuesday on 4 electrified branches

LIRR President Rob Free said train service will resume at noon Tuesday on the four electrified branches of the railroad — the Babylon, Huntington, Port Washington Ronkonkoma branches. All branches — including those that use electric as well as diesel trains — will resume service at 4 p.m., using normal weekday schedule.

At a news conference with Gov. Kathy Hochul to announce the end of strike by LIRR workers, Free reminded customers to check the TrainTime app and the Long Island Rail Road website for the most up-to-date schedules.

"The riders have our word to get service back up and running with the great on-time performance ... the reliability and the safety that we provide every single day," Free said.

MTA CEO and Chairman Janno Lieber said that on Tuesday morning, shuttle buses will operate just as they did Monday.

Hochul had thanks for "New Yorkers, Long Islanders, particularly, who made all the accommodations, who had to work from home, who sacrificed, who had to put up with inconveniences."

The governor declined to answer questions about the terms of the deal — including about wages and work rules.

She promised that the MTA negotiators reached this deal without having to raise fares or taxes.

"I also would not accept a deal that would compromise affordability for Long Island at a time when everything is going up," Hochul said.

Lieber said: "We had to find a deal that gave people fair raises, but didn't put the hit on the riders, the taxpayers, that didn't blow up the MTA budget, which would have bad consequences for everybody. I'm really proud that we were able to meet your challenge."