The MTA was warned a decade ago that the Long Island Rail Road’s Jamaica hub would be overwhelmed and face frequent commute meltdowns — like the ones commuters have been forced to endure all week, …
— like the ones commuters have been forced to endure all week, The Post has learned.
Commuters ride the escalators up at Jamaica on Thursday as they navigate controversial new schedules.The simulation showed trains arriving into Jamaica on-time 93% of the time under the then-current runs, even when encountering routine service disruptions, like a medical emergency on a platform or a mechanical problem with a train.
The solution, the analysis determined, was to replace the low-speed switches that run through Jamaica Station — which limit trains to just 15 mph — with more modern systems that allow trains to run at 30 mph or faster. People running to catch the LIRR trains in Jamaica station due to new schedules because of the new service into the MTA’s new Grand Central Madison terminal for the railroad.Former MTA chairman Pat Foye had only been on the job for a few months; ditto then-LIRR president Phil Eng, who was appointed to the job in 2018 after an operations meltdown cost Patrick Nowakowsk the job. Eng quit in 2022.
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