The Sperry Rail Car, a bright yellow vehicle fitted with ultrasonic and induction test equipment, is designed to detect internal rail defects not readily visible to the eye. Defects that are found will be corrected immediately by a crew of LIRR track maintenance workers. The Sperry Car, used to inspect all 500 miles of LIRR Track twice a year, supplements the LIRR’s regular visual track inspections. It is all part of the LIRR’s annual State of Good Repair Program – the regularly scheduled replacement of track, switch and signal infrastructure being carried out at a cost of $60 million in 2016. Over the last decade, the LIRR has invested more than $573 million in the program.
Monday, October 31. 2016 – Babylon to Patchogue
Buses replace trains between Babylon and Patchogue from 9:16 a.m. until noon for Sperry Rail Testing.
Westbound
- The 9:25 a.m., 10:25 a.m. and 11:25 a.m. trains from Patchogue will be replaced by bus service making all stops to Babylon where train service will resume to points west. The buses will depart up to 36 minutes later than usual train times.
Eastbound
- Customers traveling to stations Bay Shore through Speonk will travel by train to Babylon and there board buses for travel to east of Babylon to Montauk. They will experience up to 23 minutes of additional travel time depending upon their destination.
Tuesday, November 1 – Patchogue to Montauk
Buses replace train service between 8 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. for Sperry Rail Testing.
Westbound
- The 11:18 a.m. and 2:51 a.m. trains from Montauk and the 2 p.m. train from Speonk will be replaced by bus service. Customers at stations Montauk through Bellport will board buses to Patchogue where train service will resume. Customers will board buses up to 1 hour and 5 minutes later than usual and will experience up t0 32 minutes of additional travel time.
Eastbound
- The 8:52 a.m. and 11:27 a.m. trains from Babylon and the 11:30 a.m. train from Jamaica will terminate at Patchogue.
- Customer traveling to stations Bellport through Montauk will detrain at Patchogue and board buses to their final destination experiencing up to 41 minutes of extra travel time.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 – Speonk to Montauk
Buses will replace trains beginning at 6:49 a.m. until 6:15 p.m. for Sperry Rail Testing
Westbound
- Customers at stations Montauk through Westhampton will board buses to Speonk or Patchogue where train service will resume. Customers will board buses up to 1 hour and 16 minutes later and travel time will increase by up to 28 minutes depending on destination.
Eastbound
- Customers traveling to stations Westhampton through Montauk will detrain at Speonk and board buses to their final destination. Customers will experience up to 1 hour and 5 minutes of additional travel time depending upon destination.
Thursday, November 3, 2016 – Babylon to Patchogue
Buses will replace trains beginning at 9:16 a.m. until noon for Sperry Rail Testing
Westbound
- The 9: 25 a.m., 10:25 a.m. and 11:25 a.m. trains from Patchogue will be replaced by buses Customer at stations Patchogue through Bay Shore will board buses to Babylon where train service resumes. Buses depart up to 36 minutes later. Travel time will increase by up to 33 minutes
Eastbound
- Customers traveling to stations Bay Shore through Patchogue will have train service to Babylon where they will board buses to their final destinations with 23 minutes of additional travel.
