"All aboard!" an announcer said over the PA system about noon Tuesday as the Ronkonkoma-bound Long Island Rail Road train prepared to depart from Penn Station. And with that, 3½-day LIRR union strike, which forced hundreds of thousands of commuters to alter their daily commute, boarding sparsely utilized shuttle buses or enduring jam-packed highways to trek extra hours into work or school, came to an official end. The strike, which lasted 84 hours — spanning a weekend, a full workday and a second morning commute — was the first to hobble the nation's largest commuter rail system in 32 years. #newyork #railroad #mta Subscribe to our YouTube channel: bit.ly/3jLQjUN Subscribe to Newsday.com: newsday.com/socialoffer ~ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA ~ @newsday on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. @newsday.tv on TikTok.