NEW YORK (WABC) -- The first month of 2018 proved to be the worst month in decades for on-time performance on the Long Island Rail Road.
LIRR trains were only on time 83.9 percent of the time in January.
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The last time service was that bad was in January of 1996, when a devastating blizzard snarled rail traffic for weeks.
Just months ago, MTA head Joe Lhota promised reliability on the LIRR would become the new normal.
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