NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Long Island Rail Road president Phillip Eng is retiring after nearly four years in the role, transit officials said.
Eng, who has served as LIRR president since 2018, gave his notice this week and will retire Feb. 25, MTA chair and CEO Janno Lieber announced Thursday.
Metro-North president Catherine Rinaldi will take on the additional role of LIRR interim president starting on Feb. 26, officials said.
Lieber said Eng did an “incredible job” leading the LIRR, “strengthening operations through the LIRR Forward Plan and overseeing historic infrastructure investments like East Side Access and Third Track—all the while navigating a once-in-a-century crisis with COVID.”
Rinaldi is “a proven leader with nearly twenty years of experience at the MTA, having served in leadership positions at headquarters and both commuter railroads,” Lieber said.
Eng previously served as executive deputy commissioner of the state Department of Transportation, as well as MTA chief operating officer and acting president for New York City Transit.
Officials said that under Eng’s leadership the LIRR has the best on-time performance in its history and is close to finishing major expansion projects like East Side Access and Third Track.
“I can retire knowing that I leave the LIRR well positioned for continued success with a dedicated management team and a tenacious workforce who are delivering the best train performance in LIRR history while fulfilling our commitments on a historic capital program,” Eng said in a statement.
As LIRR interim president, Rinaldi will oversee the expansion of LIRR service to Grand Central Terminal later this year, the culmination of the East Side Access project, as well as new service made possible by the recent addition of a third track between Floral Park and Hicksville on the busy Main Line, increasing capacity to run trains in both directions throughout the day, officials said.
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