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MetsGirl07
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Deanna
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LIRR suspended.. update!! they are running!!
i hope they fix the problem soon.. for all the commuters.. 
i think my DH said there was a fire at jamaica or something.. they suspended service
Message edited 8/23/2010 3:18:01 PM.
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MeeshMosh
last month on leave!
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
on all the branches?? 
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| Posted 8/23/10 12:57 PM |
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LadyBug1209
Mommy to FOUR little men!
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Ugh they better figure it out before the evening rush!!! 
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| Posted 8/23/10 12:59 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Deanna
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
i know all trains going towards suffolk out of jamaica
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:00 PM |
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LuvHelloKitty
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Liz
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Thats just great. the ONE time I decide to take the LIRR to work in midtown and this happens..
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:00 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Deanna
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
there is an article on newsday..com.. but i forgot my password to read the whole thing
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:01 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Latests email says it will affect tonight's commute
I'll meet you all in Tracks
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:02 PM |
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ruby
you rang?
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Posted by MetsGirl07
there is an article on newsday..com.. but i forgot my password to read the whole thing
LIRR Website
Lots of suspensions on the left. If you click on them they update periodically.
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:06 PM |
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Tulips915
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
This is from Newsday
LIRR: Fire caused signal problem, suspending service
All Long Island Rail Road service except for the Port Washington line remains suspended Monday afternoon due to a fire in the switching tower near the Jamaica station, according to the agency.
The fire broke out around 10:45 a.m. and caused the signal malfunctions, according to LIRR spokesman Rich Mendelson. He said the fire has been extinguished and it was unclear when the signal problems would be resolved. The fire and the signal malfunctions were not weather-related, Mendelson said.
The New York City fire department were at the scene, as well as investigators from the MTA police department and LIRR, Mendelson said.
Passengers with tickets for travel between Queens, Brooklyn and Penn Station will have their fares honored on the New York City Transit system, Mendelson said. "No word on buses" yet for LIRR passengers, he said.
The service shutdown stunned dozens of off-peak passengers at the Ronkonkoma station, where the 11:10 train never left the station.
While trains had been suspended here for the Manhattan-bound trains, Ronkonkoma station attendants recently said a single train would make local stops to Hicksville. Dozens of passengers boarded the train, hoping service would be restarted by the time they hit Hicksville.
Mendelson said he could not confirm if a train would travel between Ronkonkoma and Hicksville, and said that passengers would not be able to take a train beyond Hicksville.
Rose Defalco of Ronkonkoma, who was at the station with a niece and nephew from Italy, were stranded inside, looking for answers. Few were forthcoming from the brief PA announcement. The relatives "really want to go," to the city, she said.
Customers were lined up out the door at the station, where two attendants processed ticket returns. The big question for most, with the shutdown apparently indefinite, was how to get west. There are no alternatives - other than driving themselves - which most here said they were unprepared to do.
"I'm stranded on Long Island," Manhattan lawyer James Kimmel said into his cell phone as he paced the station.
Kimmel said a dispatcher at a local cab stand was more helpful with travel advice than LIRR reps. "They said, 'There's no service ... I don't know anything more,' " Kimmel said of rail workers. The cab dispatcher told him a Hampton Jitney leaves from a stop nearby at the Long Island Expressway. Kimmel was considering it. "I'll give it another hour," he said.
Good luck to anyone who has to take the LIRR today!
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:06 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Deanna
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
edited... newsday article already posted above..
Message edited 8/23/2010 1:08:26 PM.
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:07 PM |
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Blu-ize
Plan B is Now Plan A
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Posted by nrthshgrl
Latests email says it will affect tonight's commute
I'll meet you all in Tracks
That will be me.
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:10 PM |
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LuvHelloKitty
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Posted by SB7308
"I'm stranded on Long Island," Manhattan lawyer James Kimmel said into his cell phone as he paced the station.
Kimmel said a dispatcher at a local cab stand was more helpful with travel advice than LIRR reps. "They said, 'There's no service ... I don't know anything more,' " Kimmel said of rail workers. The cab dispatcher told him a Hampton Jitney leaves from a stop nearby at the Long Island Expressway. Kimmel was considering it. "I'll give it another hour," he said.
Good luck to anyone who has to take the LIRR today!
Small world - I know the guy, we used to work together...
I'm down for a Cosmo at Traxx - 6 pm anyone?
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:15 PM |
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MeeshMosh
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
ugg what a nightmare!
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:20 PM |
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LadyBug1209
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
I am NOT looking forward to this commute home tonight...
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:23 PM |
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Cheeks24
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
So glad I'm in DC this week and get to avoid this!!
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:24 PM |
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Otherme
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
um, correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't this mean we're all stranded in manhattan?
i mean i can take the subway to brooklyn or queens from the city, but that still doesn't get me home.
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:37 PM |
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shapla79
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
How the heck do I pick up my kids from daycare, let alone get out of Manhattan? Argh.
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:42 PM |
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Diane6907
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
This royally sucks....Penn Station is going to be a mess
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:43 PM |
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Cheeks24
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Posted by Otherme
um, correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't this mean we're all stranded in manhattan?
i mean i can take the subway to brooklyn or queens from the city, but that still doesn't get me home.
I don't know where you live, but you can take the subway to jamaica to take a nassau bus.
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:51 PM |
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Cheeks24
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Here is the Nassau bus map. I know you can catch buses by the end of the F train (179th street in jamaica). These buses take you to the hempstead hub so you can continue from there.
Nassau Buses
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| Posted 8/23/10 1:57 PM |
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LadyBug1209
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Posted by Otherme
um, correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't this mean we're all stranded in manhattan?
i mean i can take the subway to brooklyn or queens from the city, but that still doesn't get me home.
Yup, pretty much!!
I'm still that everything is sorted out before rush hour. What are the chances of that happening???
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| Posted 8/23/10 2:06 PM |
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isabelle2137
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Ugh. Lately the service has really been terrible, and now this.
I am going to take a train to PT Washington and try to get someone to drive me home
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| Posted 8/23/10 2:06 PM |
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Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Wonderful, DH just recently took a job in Manhattan... he's not used to this... not a late-nighter either He's going to be THRILLED 
And they want how much of an increase in ticket prices???
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| Posted 8/23/10 2:06 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
If anyone is really trapped & needs to get home desperately...Hampton Jitney
They make a stop in Islip & Queens, if you can have someone pick you up. They take credit cards on the bus.
http://www.hamptonjitney.com/cgi-bin/stops.cgi?route=Hamptons%2FNYC&dir=E&loc=all
It's $26.
Also I believe Port Washington is running
Message edited 8/23/2010 2:15:37 PM.
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| Posted 8/23/10 2:10 PM |
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KittyGags
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Re: LIRR suspended.. any updates?
Posted by isabelle2137
Ugh. Lately the service has really been terrible, and now this.
I am going to take a train to PT Washington and try to get someone to drive me home
This is my plan as well. My boss lives in Port Washington..its either that or I'm gonna rally up all the people in the office that live around me and share a car service home.
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