The New York Times reports that thieves have taken advantage of a software glitch in LIRR ticket machines, obtaining over $880,000 in free tickets, many of which were resold. The glitch, which affects both LIRR and Metro-North ticket machine sales of train tickets and MetroCards, allows users to purchase tickets with their debit cards even [...]

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60-year-old ex-cop John Clifford has been arrested EIGHT times on the Long Island Railroad for harassing other passengers. Just recently, he was let off again, acting as his own lawyer in successfully being cleared of two misdemeanor offenses. Whats more, in 1994 he was arrested for (admittedly) striking a fellow female passenger in the head [...]

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photo: WNBC An LIRR commuter train derailed at Jamaica Station in Jamaica, Queens, after striking another train this morning at 10AM, suspending Eastbound service until 10:56 AM. The 9:35AM from Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn due in Hempstead left the tracks after hitting the 9:34 from Penn Station to Huntington. There were 150 people on each train. [...]

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