Long Island Rail Road President Philip Eng announces retirement

"I'll all the time fondly look again on my time working with the MTA household as one of many highlights of my profession." stated Philip Eng.
Dan Herrick

Lengthy Island Railroad President Philip Eng introduced his retirement on Thursday, the MTA stated.

Metro North President Catherine Rinaldi has been named as his interim alternative.

Eng had served as head of the commuter line since 2018 when he changed embattled Patrick Nowakowski, who stepped down after a state report confirmed that LIRR efficiency was the worst it has been in 18 years. 

Underneath Eng’s management, the railway noticed its finest on-time efficiency in its historical past and spearheaded its East Facet Entry undertaking which is able to increase LIRR service to Grand Central Station, which is anticipated to be accomplished later this yr.

“I can retire figuring out that I depart the LIRR nicely positioned for continued success with a devoted administration workforce and a tenacious workforce who're delivering the perfect prepare efficiency in LIRR historical past whereas fulfilling our commitments on a historic capital program,” Eng wrote in his resignation letter. “I'll all the time fondly look again on my time working with the MTA household as one of many highlights of my profession. The MTA is the spine of New York – and I'll all the time cherish the chance I had working alongside our hardworking, devoted workforce.”

Philip Eng served as head of the commuter line since 2018.

MTA

A basic view of a Lengthy Island Railroad prepare or LIRR prepare as seen at Penn Station in New York, NY on August 6, 2020.

Christopher Sadowski

Catherine Rinaldi will function Interim President of MTA Lengthy Island Rail Street efficient February 26.

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Rinaldi will concurrently head each railways, the MTA stated. The Huntington native beforehand served as Vice President and Normal Counsel on the Lengthy Island Rail Street from 2008 to 2011. 

Rinaldi was named the 2018 Girl of the Yr by the Higher New York Chapter of the Ladies’s Transportation Seminar. 

“Cathy Rinaldi is a confirmed chief with practically twenty years of expertise on the MTA, having served in management positions at headquarters and each commuter railroads,” MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber stated in a press release.. “At Metro-North, she has led efforts to enhance system reliability, obtain glorious customer support, and proceed the intensive infrastructure work important to sustaining system security. She has nice relations with labor, has the respect of her workers and places the shopper first.”