The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is delayed again today for unmentioned equipment problems. This is the second time this week that I have been delayed due to them. Monday I left work an hour later than normal. I was happy with myself since I got on an express train to my stop. Of course literally 1 minute after we left penn station we stopped in the tunnel. We had a bad train. First the door lights wouldn’t work so they crew couldn’t tell if all the doors were secured. Then the breaks were not working correctly. We sat on the tracks for 20 minutes until we started moving. then we sat outside Woodside for another 20 minutes. they didn’t say why but from the amount of trains passing us very fast the LIRR wanted to clean out their congestion of trains before they let us off at Woodside to get on another train. That train of course was a local. My normally 50 – 60 minute commute door to door took almost 2 hours. Thanks LIRR.
It is raining today so delays are expected. I don’t wish to speak to soon, but we are moving along at a decent clip right now. it is always a crap shoot with these guys.