LIRR Labor Day 2016 Service Plan

Here is the Labor Day 2016 service plan for the Long Island Rail Road:

MTA Long Island Rail Road will provide additional early afternoon trains from Penn Station on Friday, September 2 for customers planning an early getaway for the Labor Day Weekend. The additional trains will depart from Penn Station between 1:49 p.m. and 3:48 p.m. and will operate to Babylon, Far
Rockaway, Great Neck, Huntington and Ronkonkoma. Montauk Branch customers should look for a special Montauk Branch September 2 Timetable that includes some new changes that start on Friday.

Extra Afternoon Service from Penn Station on Friday, September 2

Babylon Branch

2:19 p.m. train from Penn Station, express to Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.

2:32 p.m. train from Penn Station, express to Lynbrook, then all stops to Babylon.

3 p.m. train from Penn stopping at Jamaica, Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.

3:31 p.m. train from Penn Station express to Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.

Port Jefferson Branch (to Hicksville and Huntington)

2:08 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, then all stops to Huntington.

2:29 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, then all stops to Huntington.

3:24 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, Westbury and Hicksville.

Ronkonkoma Branch

1:49 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Woodside, Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville and all stops to Ronkonkoma excluding Pinelawn.

Port Washington Branch (to Great Neck)

3:40 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Woodside, Flushing‐Main Street, and then all stops to Great Neck.

Far Rockaway Branch

3:48 p.m. express from Penn Station to Locust Manor, then all local stops to Far Rockaway

Service for Saturday & Sunday, September 3 & 4

On Saturday, September 3 and Sunday, September 4, the Long Island Rail Road will be operating on a regular Weekend Schedule.

Service for Labor Day, Monday, September 5

On Labor Day, Monday, September 5, the LIRR will operate on a regular Holiday Schedule.

Montauk and Port Jefferson Branch Service Advisories for Friday, September 2

The LIRR is running its extra Friday summer eastbound trains on the Friday before Labor Day.

The 1:47 p.m. from Hunterspoint Ave. Station, stopping at Jamaica (connecting from the 1:42 p.m. train from Penn Station), Westhampton through Montauk. *Note: There will be an extra afternoon train to relieve congestion on this train, departing Jamaica at 3:18 p.m., and will run
express from Jamaica, making stops Westhampton through Montauk.

The 4:06 p.m. Cannonball from Penn Station stopping at Westhampton, Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton and Montauk.

The 5:09 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Woodside, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, Babylon and all stops to Montauk.

The 7:38 p.m. from Jamaica (connecting from the 7:11 p.m. train from Penn Station), stopping at Patchogue, Mastic‐Shirley, and making all stops from Westhampton to Montauk.

*In order to provide sufficient capacity for customers traveling to the Hamptons and Montauk on Friday, the following schedule adjustments will be in effect:

The 8:52 a.m. train from Babylon to Montauk (connecting from the 7:49 a.m. from Penn Station) will not stop at Bay Shore, Sayville or Patchogue. Customers for these stations will have alternate service 10 minutes earlier on a special train departing Jamaica at 8:04 a.m. (connecting from the 7:39 a.m. train from Penn Station).

The 11:30 a.m. train from Jamaica to Montauk (connecting from the 11:05 a.m. train from Penn Station) will not stop at Bay Shore, Sayville or Patchogue. Customers these stations will have alternate service six minutes earlier on a special train departing Penn Station at 10:59 a.m., stopping at Jamaica, and running express to Babylon, where customers will connect with a train to Bay Shore, Sayville or Patchogue departing Babylon at 12:02 p.m.

The 6:08 p.m. train from Hunterspoint Avenue to Port Jefferson will be canceled on Friday, September 2. Alternate service to Port Jefferson is available on the 5:47 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. trains from Hunterspoint Avenue.

Saturday, September 3

Montauk Branch trains will run on a regular Weekend schedule.

Sunday, September 4

Montauk Branch trains will run on a regular Weekend Schedule.

Westbound afternoon Montauk trains that usually operate on summer Sundays will run instead on Monday, Labor Day, September 5.

Labor Day, Monday, September 5

Westbound afternoon Montauk trains that usually operate on summer Sundays will instead run on Monday only. Those trains are: The 1:31 p.m. from Montauk, 3:08 p.m. from Bridgehampton, 4 p.m. from Montauk, 6:37 p.m. (Cannonball West) from Montauk, 8:36 p.m. from Montauk.

The regular Monday only westbound train leaving Montauk at 7:01 a.m. will instead operate on Tuesday morning, September 6.

Tuesday, September 6

The 7:01 a.m. from Montauk, which usually runs on Monday, will instead operate Tuesday, September 6.

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