Senator Kaminsky praises new LIRR president's proactive approach
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LIRR president Phillip Eng: Faster replacement of track switches
The Long Island Rail Road’s new president Monday unveiled a sweeping plan aimed at improving service and entirely transforming railroad operations, including by replacing breakdown-prone switches and hardening other areas of infrastructure by year’s end.
The “LIRR Forward” initiative calls for replacement of 10 track switches that are responsible for about 40 percent of all switch problems over the next six months, having crews clean trains in the middle of their runs, and providing a “systemwide pass” for customers and up to four guests on Saturdays in the summer.
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