Trains are rolling again on the Long Island Rail Road after a deal was reached to end a strike that had shut down the busiest commuter rail system in the country.

NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - Some 3,500 workers on New York's Long Island Rail Road will end their strike, the first in more than three decades which had brought disruption to the U.S.'s busiest commuter line,

The strike will force the roughly 250,000 people who ride the system each weekday to find alternative routes into New York City or take measures like working from home.

Second of two parts. Part I is available here. In conference rooms in London and Bermuda, the ritual has become familiar. Railroad executives arrive carrying spreadsheets, safety records, accident histories,

Workers on the largest commuter rail system in the nation are just hours away from going on strike​. CBS News New York's Doug Williams reports.