Garden City, NY – LIRR Banning Booze On Weekend Overnight Trips

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    AP PhotoGarden City, NY – The Long Island Rail Road is putting the cork in weekend late-night drinking.

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    The railroad is banning alcohol on overnight weekend trains out of Penn Station.

    Railroad officials tell Newsday (http://bit.ly/IsqYXt ) that the effort is aimed at curbing unruly activity by drunken passengers.

    The pilot program begins May 14.

    Trains operating on Friday and Saturday nights between midnight and 5 a.m. will be affected.

    The railroad says signs will be posted throughout Penn Station notifying customers of the ban.

    MTA police officers will be stationed at platforms to inform riders to get rid of their drinks.

    Officials cite a number of recent assaults on train crew members as one reason for the ban.

    Union officials back the plan.


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    11 years ago

    finally! There is no reason to allow alcohol on these trains! I have been on the trains on an average evening and people were drunk and rowdy. At least if I happen to be on the trains when it is that late (and worried about safety) I can breathe a little easier.

    ModernLakewoodGuy
    ModernLakewoodGuy
    11 years ago

    wait.. what… so alcohol is currently allowed on trains? Aren’t trains considered public? and isn’t public drinking agains the law?

    Avreich1
    Avreich1
    11 years ago

    “wait.. what… so alcohol is currently allowed on trains? Aren’t trains considered public? and isn’t public drinking agains the law?”

    1. Yes
    2. Yes
    3. Yes – until now.

    Does that answer your questions, ModernLakewoodGuy?