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LIRR St. Patrick’s Day 2016 Service Info

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on March 14th, 2016 at 3:55 pm

Here is the St. Patrick’s Day 2016 service info for the MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR):

MTA Long Island Rail Road has scheduled 16 extra trains – six westbound morning trains and 10 eastbound afternoon trains to accommodate thousands of LIRR customers who will be traveling to and from the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan on Thursday, March 17. The additional trains will
supplement the LIRR’s regular weekday schedule.

No Alcoholic Beverages Allowed:

In an effort to maintain orderly travel for customers, alcoholic beverages will not be permitted on trains, platforms or at stations from 12:01 a.m., Thursday, March 17 through 5 a.m., Friday, March 18. Any alcoholic beverages found by MTA Police on trains, stations and platforms will be confiscated.

Buy Your Tickets Before Boarding the Train:

LIRR customers are advised to buy round trip tickets including MetroCards for connecting subway and bus service in advance in order to save time and avoid lines at LIRR ticket windows and ticket machines. Customers purchasing tickets onboard the train will be charged a higher step‐up fare. The following trains are being added to the regular weekday schedule:

6 Extra Morning Westbound Trains to Penn Station

Babylon Branch:

8:41 a.m. from Freeport train making all stops through Lynbrook, then stopping at Jamaica and Penn Station.

9:23 a.m. train from Wantagh making all stops through Rockville Centre, then stopping at Jamaica and Penn Station.

9:30 a.m. train from Wantagh making all stops through Rockville Centre, then stopping at Jamaica and Penn Station.

Port Jefferson Branch:

9:00 a.m. train from Hicksville, stopping at Westbury, Mineola, Merillon Ave, New Hyde Park, Jamaica, and Penn Station.

10:15 a.m. from Huntington, stopping at Hicksville, Jamaica, and Penn Station.

Ronkonkoma Branch:

9:25 a.m. train from Farmingdale, stopping at Bethpage, Hicksville, Mineola, Jamaica, and Penn Station

10 Extra Afternoon Eastbound Trains from Penn Station

Ronkonkoma Brach:

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

Huntington‐Port Jefferson Branch:

2:08 p.m. train from Penn Station stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, Carle Place and making all stops to Huntington.

2:29 p.m. train from Penn Station stopping at Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, and making all stop to Huntington.

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

Babylon Branch:

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

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

3:00 p.m. train from Penn Station to stopping at Jamaica, Rockville Centre, then making all local stops to Babylon.

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

Port Washington Branch:

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

Far Rockaway Branch:

3:48 p.m. train to Far Rockaway stopping at Locust Manor, then making all stops to Far Rockaway.

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NYC Transit St. Patrick’s Day 2016 Info

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on March 14th, 2016 at 3:45 pm

Here is the St. Patrick’s Day 2016 service info for MTA NYC Transit:

New York City Subway:

At the 77th Street station on the 6 line, near the parade’s end point at 79th Street and Fifth Avenue, the NYPD may designate some staircases at the station as entry/exit only on both the uptown and downtown platforms for crowd control.

New York City Buses:

The following NYC Transit and MTA Bus routes will be detoured in the area along the parade route: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M31, M42, M50, M57, M66, M72, M79, BxM2, BxM3, BxM4, BxM6, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9, BxM10, BxM11, Q32 and most Staten Island express buses.

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Metro North St. Patrick’s Day 2016 Info

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on March 14th, 2016 at 3:43 pm

Here is the Metro North service plan information for St. Patrick’s Day 2016:

With the 255th St. Patrick’s Day Parade scheduled for Thursday, March 17, Metro‐North will ban alcohol to maintain orderly train service, and is planning to run extra trains to help accommodate revelers heading to the parade.

An extra train will depart from Poughkeepsie at 8:23 a.m. and stop at New Hamburg at 8:32 a.m. and Beacon at 8:41 a.m. before running express to Harlem‐125th Street (arriving at 9:46 a.m.) and arriving at Grand Central Terminal at 10:01 a.m. Other standby trains will be prepositioned,
crewed, and ready to pick up passengers on the Harlem Line and Hudson Lines as demand warrants.

In the afternoon, additional northbound trains will be prepared to run on the Hudson Line, departing Grand Central as demand warrants. Metro‐North staff will be located at key stations observing the number of customers awaiting trains. The railroad is prepared to make minute by minute decisions about when to operate the extra trains.

In an effort to maintain orderly travel for customers, alcoholic beverages will not be permitted on trains, platforms or at stations on Thursday, March 17. Any alcoholic beverages found by MTA Police on trains, stations and platforms will be confiscated by MTA Police.

To ensure order aboard and to assure that fares are collected, conductors will be posted at Poughkeepsie, New Hamburg and Beacon to collect tickets before customers board trains. This procedure, called gate collection, is commonly used at Grand Central after other high volume
travel days, such as the Thanksgiving Day Parade and the New Year’s Eve ball drop.

Customers should buy round trip tickets in advance at their home stations using ticket machines and ticket offices. (Special machines are being installed for the day at Beacon in the underpass.) Because large crowds are expected, customers should get to the station early to
buy tickets.

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Service Diversions 03-11-16

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on March 11th, 2016 at 3:48 pm

I have just updated the Service Diversions for this weekend & through the end of next week.

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Service Diversions 03-04-16

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on March 4th, 2016 at 2:24 pm

I have just updated the Service Diversions for this weekend & through the end of next week.

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