Schedules Now Available Online and in the TrainTime App
MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) today announced that schedules that take effect Monday, Nov. 13, to better reflect customer travel patterns and demand. The timetables also made small schedule adjustments necessary to support upcoming maintenance trackwork.
The latest timetables follow the railroad’s historic service increase of 41% on Feb. 27 with the opening of full service to Grand Central Madison, which opened new travel options and improvements for tens of thousands of daily LIRR riders, including the ability to connect directly with Metro-North Railroad with one ticket, the Combo Ticket.
Major changes to service are outlined below by branch. All riders should check the TrainTime app for additional minor changes to departure and/or transfer times.
Port Washington Branch
The new schedules create more morning express service on the branch.
The 6:47 a.m. train from Port Washington will depart 5 minutes earlier at 6:42 a.m. and operate express from Great Neck arriving at Penn Station at 7:22 a.m. To accommodate customers, the 6:28 a.m. train from Great Neck will make added stops at Little Neck (6:31 a.m.) and Douglaston (6:33 a.m.) arriving at Grand Central at 7:05 a.m.
The 7:19 a.m. train from Port Washington will operate express from Great Neck and arrive at Penn Station at 7:54 a.m. (this train formerly operated to Grand Central Madison) To accommodate customers, the 7:02 a.m. train from Great Neck will make added stops at Little Neck (7:05 a.m.) and Douglaston (7:07 a.m.) and arrive at Penn Station at 7:40 a.m. (this train formerly departed Great Neck at 7:03 a.m.)
The 7:38 a.m. train from Little Neck will now originate from Great Neck at 7:35 a.m. This train will now operate to Grand Central Madison instead of Penn Station.
The 7:54 a.m. train from Port Washington will depart one minute earlier at 7:53 a.m. and make an added stop at Bayside at 8:08 a.m.
The 7:11 p.m. train from Port Washington will run to Penn Station instead of Grand Central.
On weeknights, the train that had departed Grand Central Madison at 8:44 p.m. will instead originate at Penn Station.
Ronkonkoma Branch
The 7:01 p.m. train from Grand Central Madison to Ronkonkoma (8:22 p.m.) and the 7:49 p.m. train from Grand Central Madison to Ronkonkoma (9:14 p.m.) will no longer operate.
Babylon Branch
The 5:24 a.m. train from Wantagh will originate in Babylon at 5:04 a.m., make local stops along the branch, and operate to Atlantic Terminal instead of Grand Central.
A 2:38 p.m. train from Penn Station stopping at Jamaica and making all local stops between Rockville Centre and Babylon will start operating every Monday through Friday.
The 7:24 p.m. train from Atlantic Terminal will operate to Jamaica where customers will transfer for a Babylon train for service further east.
The 7:40 p.m. train from Grand Central Madison will no longer operate.
Brooklyn Service
Two additional through trains will operate to Atlantic Terminal in the AM peak hours.
The 5:30 a.m. train from Ronkonkoma will operate to Atlantic Terminal instead of Grand Central Madison.
The 5:24 a.m. train from Wantagh will operate to Atlantic Terminal instead of Grand Central Madison.
Schedules are available in the TrainTime app and online at https://new.mta.info/schedules.