World & Nation
Motormen and conductors on Friday struck the Long Island Rail Road, the nation’s busiest commuter line, forcing more than 103,000 weekday riders to scramble to find ways to reach work and idling 725 trains along 701 miles of track.
June 18, 1994
The world’s longest road and rail bridge, linking Japan’s main island of Honshu with the island of Shikoku, will open to traffic April 10 after a decade of construction, officials said Tuesday.
March 2, 1988
A planned strike on the Long Island Rail Road, the nation’s busiest commuter rail line, was averted when the parties agreed on Thursday to a new contract after Gov.
July 17, 2014
President Reagan on Wednesday signed legislation ordering striking Long Island Rail Road workers back on the job, meaning service could be restored for the line’s 112,000 commuters within 48 hours.
Jan. 29, 1987
The Long Island Rail Road, the nation’s largest commuter railroad, said Friday it had reached agreement with the last three of 15 unions that had shut it down in an 11-day strike last month.
March 1, 1987
California
Four craft unions of the Long Island Rail Road agreed Wednesday night to return to work under a measure signed by President Reagan, ending an 11-day-old strike.
The nation’s busiest commuter railway shut down Sunday when contract negotiations failed between the Long Island Rail Road and 11 unions, idling 6,600 workers.
Jan. 19, 1987
The Long Island Rail Road suspended service on trains east of Huntington on the Port Jefferson branch during Friday morning’s rush hour because of an earlier commuter train crash, a spokesman said.
Aug. 27, 1988
Thousands of commuters struggling through a fourth day of a strike on the Long Island Rail Road were hit by more delays when a broken subway track slowed the morning rush into Manhattan.
Jan. 22, 1987
The head of one of eight unions striking the Long Island Rail Road said he saw “light at the end of the tunnel” in the walkout, which has affected 150,000 commuters.
Jan. 25, 1987