Topic - Long Island Rail Road

of track on its two lines to the two forks of the island and eight major branches. Each weekday, the LIRR provides more than 303,000 rides to customers. It is publicly owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which has styled it MTA Long Island Rail Road. The current LIRR logo combines the circular MTA logo with the text "Long Island Rail Road", and appears on the sides of trains. - Source: Wikipedia

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Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi, left, and Long Island Rail Road President Phillip Eng, right, listen as Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman and CEO Patrick Foye speaks during a news conference on Positive Train Control, a federally mandated rail safety technology, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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