UpdatedMon, Mar 8, 2021 at 6:37 pm ET
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Commuters packed inside a Manhattan-bound Long Island Rail Road train car on Monday morning.
(Matt Long)
Nataliya Pavilshyn’s view on the 8:20 a.m. train from Island Park to Penn station. (Nataliya Pavilshyn)
Commuters packed inside of a train car on a train from Island Park to Manhattan. (Nataliya Pavilshyn)
LONG ISLAND, NY — Manhattan-bound Long Island train passengers were standing shoulder-to-shoulder — pre-pandemic-style — aboard some Long Island Rail Road trains during Monday's morning commute, prompting many to call out the Metropolitan Transit Authority over the lack of social distancing.
"This was the 5:46 a.m. train from Mineola to Penn," Mineola commuter Matt Long tweeted, with a photo showing passengers crowded in the aisle. "Expect an uptick in [the coronavirus], courtesy of the LIRR."