Weekend of August 25-26, LIRR Train Service

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Weekend of August 25-26, LIRR Train Service Impacted by Roslyn Road Grade Crossing Work Train Service Suspended Between Mineola And Hicksville Buses Replace Some Trains; Other Trains Rerouted; Affects Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma, Oyster Bay, Far Rockaway & West Hempstead Branches

 

Work associated with the New York State Department of Transportation Roslyn Road Grade Crossing Elimination Project will require that train service be temporarily suspended on the MTA Long Island Rail Road's Main Line between Mineola and Hicksville from 1:05 AM, Saturday, August 25 through 12:45 AM, Monday, August 27. Service changes will affect customers using the Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma Branches with connecting service revisions for Oyster Bay, Far Rockaway and West Hempstead Branch customers.

 

Ronkonkoma Branch

 

Eastbound

 

- Between 12 AM and 7 AM, customers traveling from Penn Station to Ronkonkoma will then transfer to buses at Mineola, than transfer to trains at Hicksville to complete their trips.

 

- After 7AM, customers traveling to Hicksville, Farmingdale and east to Ronkonkoma will board dual mode bi-level trains at Penn Station operating via the Montauk Branch and Central Branch to Ronkonkoma.

 

- Bethpage customers will board Huntington trains at Penn Station, and transfer to buses at Mineola for Bethpage.

 

- Greenport customers will transfer to buses at Ronkonkoma for the remainder of their trip.

 

Westbound

 

- Between 12 AM and 7 AM, customers traveling from Ronkonkoma to Penn Station will transfer to buses at Hicksville then transfer to trains at Mineola to complete their trips.

 

- After 7 AM, customers traveling to Penn Station from stations east of Bethpage will board dual mode bi-level trains to Penn Station operating via the Central Branch and Montauk Branch.

 

- Bethpage customers will board buses at Bethpage then transfer to trains at Mineola to complete their trips.

 

- Greenport customers will board buses at their stations east of Ronkonkoma and make a train connection at Ronkonkoma to points west.

 

Port Jefferson Branch

 

Eastbound

 

- Penn Station to Huntington/Port Jefferson customers will transfer to buses at Mineola then transfer to trains at Hicksville to complete their trips.

 

- There will be added New Hyde Park stops on all Huntington/Port Jefferson trains.

 

- Carle Place and Westbury customers will transfer to buses at Mineola to complete their trips.

 

- New Hyde Park, Merillon Avenue and Mineola customers traveling to Carle Place, Westbury, Hicksville, Bethpage or Farmingdale will transfer to buses at Mineola to complete their trips. These customers can also transfer at Bethpage or Farmingdale to trains traveling east on the Ronkonkoma Branch.

 

- Carle Place, Westbury, Hicksville, Bethpage and Farmingdale customers traveling east can board local buses. These customers can also transfer to Huntington/Port Jefferson trains at Hicksville or at Farmingdale for Ronkonkoma trains.

 

- There will be two-hour service from Port Jefferson stations east of Huntington.

 

Westbound

 

- Customers will board trains at their stations and transfer to buses at Hicksville, then transfer to trains at Mineola to complete their trips.

 

- There will be added New Hyde Park stops on all Huntington/Port Jefferson trains.

 

- Carle Place and Westbury customers will board buses at their stations and transfer to trains at Mineola to complete their trips.

 

- Farmingdale, Bethpage, Hicksville, Westbury and Carle Place customers traveling to Mineola, Merillon Avenue or New Hyde Park will board buses at their stations and transfer at Mineola.

 

- Farmingdale, Bethpage, Hicksville, Westbury and Carle Place customers traveling between these stations will board local buses.

 

Far Rockaway, Oyster Bay, West Hempstead Branches

 

Both eastbound and westbound Far Rockaway, Oyster Bay and West Hempstead branch trains will have revised connections at Jamaica due to schedule changes in their Ronkonkoma and Huntington/Port Jefferson Branch connecting trains. Details are included in the special August 25-26 Track Work Timetables for each of these branches.

 

Customers should pick up a copy of the special timetables for the weekend of August 25-26 at their stations or at all LIRR terminals. The LIRR Travel Information Center is also available 24-hours a day in Suffolk County at 631-231-LIRR, in Nassau County at 516-822-LIRR or in New York City at 718-217-LIRR. The Travel Information Center's TDD telephone number for the hearing impaired is 718-558-3022. Customers can also consult the LIRR's website at http://www.mta.info.