Negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to terminate the strike at North America’s busiest train system, which caused travel nightmare for thousands of passengers during rush hour on Monday.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul stated Monday evening that the agreement reached between unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) “delivers raises for workers while protecting riders and taxpayers”. She noted that service on the Long Island Rail Road will resume on Tuesday at noon.
At New York’s Penn Station, where about 600,000 passengers pass through each day, it was strangely silent Monday morning as commuters tried to find means to get to their destinations. The strike started on Saturday.
“There are no trains,” said Brooklyn resident Mekan Esenov, who was trying to go to a Long Island airport. “We looked into Uber, but it’s over $250. The MTA provided free shuttle buses across several routes throughout the city, but warned of “severe congestion and delays”.
Every Wednesday, approximately a quarter of a million people travel trains serving New York’s eastern suburbs and Long Island’s famous beaches, which span from the city to the Hamptons and Montauk.
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