“The Long Island Rail Road team is all over the rollout in terms of looking for trends, what ridership is looking like, what trains are popular and adjusting accordingly,” said LIRR Interim President Catherine Rinaldi. The transit agency also added more customer service staff at Jamaica Station. The time between trains was reduced to seven or eight minutes Penn Station-bound trains were lengthened and cars were added to all trains that had exceeded capacity the previous week.

These changes are in addition to earlier schedule changes made March 6 and 7 when rush-hour service to Brooklyn was increased, MTA officials said. Four trains that originally served the terminal have been rerouted to New York City Penn Station, while the railroad is also extending four morning-peak trains on the Ronkonkoma Branch to serve two more stations.

The changes designed to enhance service and increase frequency went into effect March 13, MTA officials said in a press release. Metropolitan Transportation Authority last week announced schedule changes affecting MTA Long Island Rail Road trains serving the new Grand Central Madison terminal in New York City.

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