Service Restored on LIRR Ronkonkoma Branch


Service on the Ronkonkoma Branch of the Long Island Rail Road has been restored after police shut down service for about an hour following the discovery of a suspicious package in Farmingdale.

An LIRR spokesman said service was restored just after 9 a.m.

Nassau County police responded to the Farmingdale station around 7:40 a.m., after receiving a call about an unattended suspicious package in the area. Service was suspended at 8:05 a.m.


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Police said Arson Bomb Squad investigators are still on the scene.

The incident caused a westbound Ronkonkoma train to be delayed at the Deer Park station for 57 minutes, the railroad spokesman said.

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