In the event of a strike, the MTA plans to provide limited shuttle bus service to LIRR commuters every 10 minutes during weekday peak hours.

MTA prepares contingency plans, including shuttle buses, for commuters ahead of a potential LIRR strike due to stalled contract negotiations with unions.

The MTA's contingency plan for a potential LIRR union strike as early as Sept. 18, includes limited, peak-hour shuttle bus service between three LIRR stations — Bellmore, Hicksville and Ronkonkoma — and subway stations in Queens.

A standoff on contract terms between some of the Long Island Rail Road’s unionized workers and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could spur the railway’s first strike in nearly 30 years, threatening to upend the commutes of nearly 300,000 daily weekday riders.

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The video above aired in a previous newscast. NEW YORK (PIX11) — The MTA put out a contingency plan for Long Island Rail Road riders who are staring at a potential workers’ strike. Nearly half of the LIRR workers could walk off as early as Sept.