Long Island commuters and LIRR getting back on track after strike ends
Commuters on an LIRR train heading east out of Penn Station on Tuesday as service resumed after a three-and-half-day strike by railroad workers. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost
"All aboard!" an announcer said over the PA system shortly before noon Tuesday as the Ronkonkoma-bound Long Island Rail Road train prepared to depart from Penn Station.
And with that, the three-and-a-half day LIRR union strike, which forced hundreds of thousands of commuters to alter their daily commute, boarding sparsely-utilized shuttle buses or enduring jam-packed highways to trek extra hours into work or school, came to an official end Tuesday.
The strike, which lasted 84 hours — spanning a weekend, a full workday and a second morning commute — was the first to hobble the nation's largest commuter rail system in 32 years.
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