On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 6:38:56 PM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > On 16.04.19 23:04, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > > On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 11:09:57 PM UTC-4, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> "TA"? How long ago did that go out of use?   
   > >   
   > > In certain cases, some MTA units still retain their old   
   > > names, like TBTA and MaBSTOA.  Over time, units may be   
   > > reorganized or renamed and the old names discontinued.   
   > >   
   > > The latest MTA annual report or other internal documents   
   > > (available on their website) sheds some light on this.   
   > >   
   > > MTA isn't unique in this.  Even though Verizon supposedly   
   > > replaced the old Bell names, in the fine print, the old   
   > > name of Bell Telephone Company of ..." continued to appear   
   > > for many years after Vz came along.   
   > >   
   > > However, I think among the general public, "TA" is now   
   > > obsolete even if it still exists legally.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > I read that, once East Side Access is completed and operating, the MTA   
   > plans to do away with the titles Metro-North Railroad as well as Long   
   > Island Rail Road in favour of something like MTA Rail.   
   >   
   > Any truth to that?   
      
   AFAIK, no.   
      
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