Rush Hour Schedule Changes
In the morning, the LIRR will make changes to improve connections to Brooklyn and to reduce congestion for Port Washington Branch trains.
Better Connections to Brooklyn
To allow more opportunities for customers to transfer for Brooklyn-bound service, three trains are adding stops at Jamaica, East New York and Nostrand Avenue.
- The 6:57 a.m. train from Freeport will add stops at Jamaica (arriving at 7:19 a.m.), East New York at 7:29 a.m. and Nostrand Avenue at 7:34 a.m. It will arrive at Atlantic Terminal at 7:39 a.m.
- The 7:29 a.m. train from Freeport will add stops at Jamaica (arriving at 7:49 a.m.), East New York at 7:58 a.m., and Nostrand Avenue at 8:03 a.m. It will arrive at Atlantic Terminal at 8:08 a.m.
- The 8:10 a.m. train from Freeport will add stops at Jamaica (arriving at 8:29 a.m.), East New York at 8:37 a.m., and Nostrand Avenue at 8:42 a.m. It will arrive at Atlantic Terminal at 8:48 a.m.
On the Port Washington Branch, three trains are being adjusted to improve performance and reduce congestion in the crowded corridor between Woodside and Penn Station.
- The 8:08 a.m. train from Port Washington will depart one minute earlier from Manhasset (at 8:15 a.m.) and two minutes earlier at Great Neck (at 8:17 a.m.) and will arrive at Penn Station two minutes earlier, at 8:42 a.m.
- The 8:24 a.m. train from Great Neck will depart between one and four minutes earlier from Great Neck through Bayside, arriving one minute later at Woodside, and three minutes later at Penn Station, at 9:02 a.m. New departure times are Great Neck at 8:20 a.m., Little Neck at 8:24 a.m., Douglaston at 8:28 a.m., Bayside at 8:32 a.m., and Woodside at 8:49 a.m.
- The 8:18 a.m. train from Port Washington will depart one to two minutes later at Little Neck (it will now depart at 8:33 a.m.) and Douglaston (8:37 a.m.) and will arrive at Penn Station three minutes later, at 9:05 a.m.
In the evening rush hour, selected trains will arrive at their final destinations between one and four minutes later. Train departure times from Penn Station, Atlantic Terminal or Hunterspoint Avenue are not being adjusted.
Mid-Day Track Work on the Babylon Branch
On the Babylon Branch train service will be adjusted between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. to allow crews to perform mechanized tie replacement between Wantagh and Babylon. The LIRR will take one of the Babylon Branch’s two tracks out of service so crews can replace 7,080 wood ties along the 10-mile stretch between Wantagh and Babylon.
“We are keeping our tracks in a state of good repair to ensure the continuing safety and reliability of train service for years to come,” said Patrick Nowakowski, president of the Long Island Rail Road. “To improve service we need to temporarily impact service, and we thank our customers for bearing with us for this off-peak four-week project. We have configured schedules to minimize the impact to our customers.”
Eastbound
Service at Amityville, Copiague, Lindenhurst and Babylon will be reduced to one train per hour from the current two trains per hour. The semi-express trains that depart Penn Station at 9:22 a.m., 10:22 a.m., 11:22 a.m., 12:22 p.m., and 1:22 p.m. will make all usual stops to Wantagh, where they will terminate. (These trains will add a stop at Freeport.) Customers looking for train service to Amityville, Copiague or Lindenhurst should board the local trains departing Penn Station at :05 minutes past every hour from 9:05 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. Customers for Babylon can take those trains or existing additional trains as noted in timetables.
On the Montauk Branch, departure times for some connecting trains that operate from Babylon to Patchogue or Speonk will be adjusted by up to three minutes.
Westbound
Between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., train service at Lindenhurst, Copiague and Amityville will be reduced to once per hour from twice per hour. At these and other Babylon Branch stations, departure times of westbound local and express trains are adjusted between 23 and 30 minutes later.
Departure times of some Montauk Branch trains that originate in Speonk or Patchogue and connect with Babylon Branch trains at Babylon are being adjusted by up to 41 minutes later, to ensure connections.
