MTA chairman Joe Lhota said Thursday that he’s “concerned” about the complications involved with expanding Long Island Railroad service to the Islanders’ new arena at Belmont Park and added that a study is currently underway.
Lhota, testifying before a state budget hearing in Albany, said two obstacles include the design of the current Belmont spur off the main line and their inability to add more trains during the evening rush hour when most Islanders fans would be traveling to weeknight games.
“We’re at capacity on the main line during rush hour, and so we’re going to have to look at that and weigh that in,” Lhota said under questioning by state Sen.