Proper noun
LIRR
(rail transport) abbreviation of Long Island Rail Road.
After the Second World War, the railroad industry's downturn and dwindling profits caused the PRR to stop subsidizing the LIRR, and the LIRR went into receivership in 1949. Source: Internet
As defined by the LIRR, a train is "on time" if it arrives at a station within 5 minutes and 59 seconds of the scheduled time. Source: Internet
A Long Island man who joined al-Qaida and once plotted to bomb LIRR trains heading to and from Penn Station will be released from prison this summer. Source: Internet
It is reached via the Amtrak -owned East River Tunnels (the only LIRR-used trackage not owned by the LIRR) from the Main Line in Long Island City. Source: Internet
Competing railroads (soon absorbed by the LIRR) were built along the south shore to accommodate travellers from those more populated areas. Source: Internet
Critics claim that the on-time performance (OTP) calculated by the LIRR is manipulated to be artificially high. Source: Internet