Long Island Rail Road Adding Extra Trains for Memorial Day Weekend

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MTA Long Island Rail Road will provide ten additional early-afternoon train trains from Penn Station on Friday, May 22, for customers planning an early start to the Memorial Day Weekend.

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Long Island, NY - May 20, 2015 - MTA Long Island Rail Road will provide ten additional early-afternoon train trains from Penn Station on Friday, May 22, for customers planning an early start to the Memorial Day Weekend. The LIRR will operate on a regular weekend schedule on Saturday and Sunday and on a holiday schedule on Memorial Day.

The following trains have been added to regular Friday afternoon schedule:

Ronkonkoma Branch

• 1:40 p.m. stopping at Woodside, Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, and then all stops to Ronkonkoma

Babylon Branch

• 2:22 p.m. express to Rockville Centre, and then all stops to Babylon

• 2:32 p.m. express to Lynbrook, and then all stops to Babylon

• 3:00 p.m. stopping at Jamaica, Rockville Centre, and then all stops to Babylon

• 3:31 p.m. express to Rockville Centre, and then all stops to Babylon

Port Jefferson Branch

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

• 2:26 p.m. stopping at Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, then all stops to Huntington.

• 3:24 p.m. stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, Westbury and Hicksville

Port Washington Branch

• 3:40 p.m. stopping at Woodside, Flushing Main St., and then all stops to Great Neck

Far Rockaway Branch

• 3:48 p.m. express to Locust Manor then all stops to Far Rockaway

Montauk-Bound (Including the Cannonball)

• 1:43 p.m. from Penn Station, connects to 1:49 p.m. Hunterspoint Avenue train, leaving Jamaica at 2:10 p.m., stopping at Westhampton, Hampton Bays, Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Amagansett and Montauk

• 4:06 p.m. Cannonball express from Penn Station making stops in Westhampton, Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton and Montauk

• 5:09 p.m. from Penn Station, stopping in Jamaica, Babylon and all stops to Montauk

Service to the North Fork and Greenport:

• 5:21 p.m. from Ronkonkoma making all stops to Greenport.

For More Information:

Consult the LIRR website or customers may call the LIRR Customer Service Center at 511, the New York State Travel Information Line, and say “Long Island Rail Road,” when prompted. The deaf or hard of hearing can use their preferred relay service provider for the free 711 relay to reach the LIRR at 511.