Holiday travel tips
- Use the TrainTime app to check schedules and buy tickets.
- If you're traveling out of JFK Airport, remember that you'll have to use AirTrain for the last leg of your trip. The AirTrain fare is $8.25, is separate from your LIRR fare, and can be paid using OMNY or MetroCard.
- If you're traveling out of LaGuardia Airport, consider using the free Q70 LaGuardia Link. The bus takes travelers to the airport from the LIRR at Woodside.
- Subscribe to the MTA Weekender, a newsletter sent every Friday with weekend service updates for the subway, Long Island Rail Road, and Metro-North Railroad.
Service details
Long Island Rail Road
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24 and Christmas Day, Monday, December 25
- The LIRR will operate on a regular weekend schedule.
Tuesday, December 26–Friday, December 29
- The LIRR will operate on a regular weekday schedule, with regular fares in effect.
Metro-North Railroad
Saturday, December 23
- Two extra "Shoppers Specials" round trips will operate on the New Haven Line, along with lengthened trains on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven lines. Read details about the extra service or check TrainTime or schedules.
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24
- Metro-North will operate on a Sunday schedule on all lines.
Christmas Day, Monday, December 25
- The Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven lines will operate on a special schedule with hourly service at most stations.
- The New Canaan, Danbury, Waterbury, and Wassaic branches will run on a regular weekend schedule, but please check TrainTime or schedules for possible changes in connecting train times.
- The Pascack Valley and Port Jervis lines will operate on a weekend schedule.
Tuesday, December 26–Friday, December 29
- The Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven lines will operate on a modified weekday schedule. We're reallocating service during the holiday week to better accommodate when our customers tend to ride.
- On the Harlem and Hudson lines, some morning rush hour trains will not run, and extra trains will run in the late morning.
- On the New Haven Line, morning service will run on a Friday schedule on all four days.
- Customers are encouraged to check TrainTime or schedules to see if their normal train time has been adjusted.
- The Pascack Valley and Port Jervis lines will run on a regular weekday schedule.
- Regular fares will be in effect on all lines.