LIRR PM Rush Hour Service Advisory
Earlier this morning, I posted the press release I received from the Long Island Rail Road with information on canceled trains for the morning rush hour commute along with basic information for the evening. Just a short time ago, the LIRR sent out a press release with complete evening rush hour service information:
MTA Long Island Rail Road customers should anticipate significant schedule changes and delays during tonight’s evening rush hour (Tuesday, August 24) as a result of damage to a major switching tower at Jamaica Station caused by a cable fire on Monday morning.
LIRR crews have been assessing the extent of the damage to the tower’s switching board and they have been working round-the-clock on repairs. However, it is likely to take several days to complete repairs to the tower’s switching machine and wiring. Over two-hundred wires need to be checked for possible damage from the fire. While it appears that the cause of the cable fire was weather-related, it is still under investigation.
Hall Tower is a key signal tower through which trains are switched to appropriate tracks into and out of Jamaica Station. With its electrical signal system disabled, trains can only proceed through Hall using a manual system employed to ensure maximum safety during an emergency such as this.
Tuesday PM Service Plan – Aug. 24 – Eastbound & Westbound:
The LIRR’s modified PM Service Plan for Tuesday provides about 66% of the LIRR’s regular 127 trains during the evening rush hour (between 4 PM and 8 PM). Customers are advised to expect canceled trains, and delays.
Customers will be able to exit or board trains at Jamaica Station, however trains making scheduled stops at Jamaica will not be held for scheduled connections from Penn Station, Atlantic Terminal, Hunterspoint Avenue, and Long Island City. LIRR station personnel will be available at Jamaica to assist customers with service information.
To avoid overcrowding at Penn Station and Jamaica, MTA Police will carefully monitor and regulate, if necessary, the number of people entering the LIRR section of Penn Station and/or Jamaica Station, allowing customers access as trains become available.
LIRR station personnel are available at Penn Station, Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn and Jamaica Station to assist customers with service information. The LIRR appreciates the patience and understanding of our customers.
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Eastbound Service Plan:
Regular service will be offered to Port Washington, so customers may want to consider taking that branch if they can make alternate arrangements for the remainder of their trip home.
Aside from the regular Port Washington service, the evening rush hour service from Penn Station will consist of dedicated trains making local stops to Huntington/Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma/Greenport, Long Beach, Babylon and Montauk.
LIRR is will be offering Hempstead and Far Rockaway-bound trains only from Atlantic Terminal in downtown Brooklyn, which can be reached by subway. There will be no Hempstead and Far Rockaway service from Penn Station.
LIRR customers are also advised of service changes if heading for the following destinations as detailed below:
• Oyster Bay: Travel to Mineola for connections to all Oyster Bay branch stops.
• West Hempstead: Travel to Valley Stream where buses will be available to take them onto to their home stations
• Patchogue, Speonk and Montauk: Customers can connect to those trains at Babylon.
There is no train service between Valley Stream and West Hempstead – bus service will be provided for train service at Valley Stream.
There will be no eastbound train service from St. Albans, bus service will be provided between St. Albans and Jamaica.
Eastbound PM Peak Service Train Cancellations for Tuesday, Aug. 24:
The following eastbound PM Rush trains will be canceled tonight (Tuesday, August 24) in the modified service plan:
Long Beach Branch:
The 4:15 PM from NY due in Long Beach 5:08 PM.
The 5:00 PM from NY due in Long Beach 5:55 PM.
The 5:55 PM from NY due in Long Beach 6:51 PM.
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Hempstead Branch:
The 4:32 PM from NY due in Hempstead 5:23 PM.
The 5:04 PM from NY due in Hempstead 5:57 PM.
The 5:38 PM from NY due in Hempstead 6:36 PM.
The 5:51 PM from NY due in Hempstead 6:46 PM.
The 6:39 PM from NY due in Hempstead 7:33 PM.
The 7:05 PM from NY due in Hempstead 7:56 PM.
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Far Rockaway Branch:
The 4:42 PM from NY due in Far Rockaway 5:40 PM.
The 5:32 PM from NY due in Far Rockaway 6:24 PM.
The 6:02 PM from NY due in Far Rockaway 6:58 PM.
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Oyster Bay Branch:
The 4:18 PM from Hunterspoint Avenue due in Oyster Bay 5:30 PM.
The 6:00 PM from Jamaica due in Oyster Bay 6:58 PM.
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Babylon Branch:
The 3:34 PM from NY due in Wantagh 4:29 PM.
The 4:04 PM from NY due in Babylon at 5:05 PM.
The 4:16 PM from Atlantic Terminal due in Babylon at 5:28 PM.
The 4:34 PM from NY due in Babylon at 5:39 PM.
The 4:52 PM from NY due in Babylon at 5:55 PM.
The 5:19 PM from NY due in Wantagh at 6:06 PM.
The 5:40 PM from NY due in Seaford at 6:30 PM.
The 6:05 PM from NY due in Wantagh at 6:51 PM.
The 6:33 PM from NY due in Babylon at 7:35 PM.
The 7:41 PM from NY due in Babylon at 8:55 PM.
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Port Washington Branch:
The 5:11 PM from NY due in Port Washington at 5:47 PM
The 5:50 PM from NY due in Great Neck at 6:19 PM
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Ronkonkoma Branch:
The 4:34 PM from Atlantic Terminal due Ronkonkoma 5:57 PM
The 7:11 PM from NY due Ronkonkoma 8:33 PM.
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Port Jefferson Branch:
The 5:47 PM from Hunterspoint Ave. due in Port Jefferson at 7:30 PM
The 6:08 PM from Hunterspoint Ave. due in Port Jefferson at 8:00 PM
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Huntington:
The 3:27 PM from NY due in Huntington at 4:33 PM
The 4:01 PM from NY due in Huntington at 5:07 PM
The 5:06 PM from NY due in Huntington at 6:07PM
The 5:29 PM from Atlantic Terminal due in Huntington at 6:28 PM
The 6:56 PM from NY due in Huntington at 8:04 PM
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Hicksville:
The 5:33 PM from NY due Hicksville 6:29 PM.
The 6:01 PM from NY due Hicksville 6:45 PM.
The 6:35 PM from NY due Hicksville 7:22 PM.
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West Hempstead Branch:
The 4:20 PM from Atlantic Terminal due in West Hempstead 5:06 PM.
The 5:06 PM from Atlantic Terminal due in West Hempstead 5:53 PM.
The 5:35 PM from Atlantic Terminal due in West Hempstead 6:22 PM.
The 6:18 PM from Atlantic Terminal due in West Hempstead 7:07 PM.
The 7:23 PM from Atlantic Terminal due in West Hempstead 8:10 PM.
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Hunterspoint Avenue (Note: the following canceled trains from Hunterspoint Avenue are included in the branch listings above):
The 4:18 PM from Hunters Point Avenue due in Oyster Bay 5:30 PM.
The 5:29 PM from Hunterspoint Ave. due in Ronkonkoma at 6:45 PM
The 5:47 PM from Hunterspoint Ave. due in Port Jefferson at 7:30 PM
The 6:08 PM from Hunterspoint Ave. due in Port Jefferson at 8:00 PM.
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Westbound Service Plan
Westbound (Reverse Peak) Service:
LIRR westbound, reverse peak service to Atlantic Terminal and Penn Station is expected to operate at regularly scheduled times; however customers should anticipate delays en-route.
There is no train service between Valley Stream and West Hempstead – bus service will be provided for train service at Valley Stream.
There is no westbound train service from Jamaica to Locust Manor, Laurelton and Rosedale, bus service will be provided.
Westbound (Reverse Peak) Train Cancellations for Tues., Aug. 24:
West Hempstead Branch Westbound cancellations:
The 4:02 PM from West Hempstead due in Atlantic Terminal 4:47 PM.
The 5:48 PM from Jamaica due in Atlantic Terminal 6:06 PM.
The 6:30 PM from West Hempstead due in Jamaica 6:56 PM.
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Hempstead Branch Westbound cancellations:
The 5:41 PM from Hempstead due Penn Station at 6:33 PM.
The 8:01 PM from Hempstead due Atlantic Terminal at 8:55 PM.
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Port Washington Branch Westbound cancellation:
The 6:44 PM from Great Neck due Penn Station at 7:15 PM.
Service Updates:
The LIRR will continue to provide updated Service Advisories as repairs progress. Customers should monitor news media reports and the LIRR’s website (at www.mta.info/lirr) for these updates.
I will be around tonight to post information as I receive it.
xoxo Transit Blogger
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