The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently announced that they are starting a pilot program that will ban the consumption of alcohol on overnight weekend trains on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) out of Penn Station.
The ban is an attempt to curb what has been referred to as "rambunctious behavior" by the MTA.
The affected trains – commonly known as "drunk trains" – are those that run between midnight and 5 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. The ban begins May 14.
"There is rambunctious behavior on these weekend overnight trains, and this is an effort to curb that and set a better tone on those trains," MTA spokesman Sam Zambuto told The Daily News.
According to the New York Times, in March, passengers were accused of attacking two conductors.
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Look at it this way - the people on these trains have been out partying all night and are already tuned up. So they can't have a beer on the train ride home....big deal....they are still drunk when they get on that train home and will still act as such. I don't see this making a difference. Nor do I think it is a big deal in the first place.
Lets just stand up and beat da @##$% Just saying