NY’s LIRR Plans to Run Free Bus Service If Workers Strike

New York’s Long Island Rail Road, the biggest US commuter line, plans to run limited free bus service during rush hours if its locomotive engineers go through with a strike that could begin as soon as Sep. 18.

The LIRR connects a population of about 3 million people in Suffolk and Nassau counties to New York City. In the event of a work stoppage, the shuttle buses will run every 10 minutes during peak hours from the Bellmore, Hicksville and Ronkonkoma stations to subway stops in Queens, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the LIRR and the city’s ...