Like badges worn by New York City Transit employees, identification for LIRR conductors will continue to share serial numbers, but no names.

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Repair crews would try to restore some LIRR and subway service by Wednesday, Mr. Lhota said, but the MTA gave no timetable.

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In the space of five days in March, two LIRR conductors reported coming under assault in separate incidents, according to MTA spokesman Salvatore Arena.

WSJ: End of the Line for Midnight Drinkers

The partial LIRR drinking ban complicates an already patchwork system of rules about when and where transit passengers in the region can and can't imbibe.

WSJ: End of the Line for Midnight Drinkers

In September, a lightning strike caused power failures on the LIRR, stranding passengers for several hours and prompting a call for a "commuter bill of rights" from Sen.

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Enforcement of LIRR's part-time prohibition will occur throughout the system.

WSJ: End of the Line for Midnight Drinkers

Felix Kumira, the night manager at Central Market, a catch-all food and beer purveyor inside the station, doubted new LIRR rules would do much to change the culture of drunken commuting.

WSJ: End of the Line for Midnight Drinkers

But LIRR conductor Vincent Tessitore Jr.

WSJ: A Ride Home, Anonymously