Simply getting the LIRR’s costs and efficiencies to match MetroNorth — which the MTA also runs and is the second-most expensive railroad in the country — would save at least $200 million every year, assuming service is restored to pre-pandemic levels, an analysis by the paper reveals.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/16/mta-lirr-let-385m-fly-off-the-rails-beg-kathy-hochul-for-bailout/