Extremely Limited LIRR Main Line Service Nov. 8 and 9 as Crews Perform Signal Upgrades

Buses Substitute for Trains Between Mineola and Huntington

Customers Encouraged to Use the Babylon or Montauk Branches Instead

Carle Place, Westbury, Bethpage Stations Closed

Long Island Rail Road crews will perform signal upgrade work on the Main Line from 12:15 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 to 2:15 a.m. Monday, Nov. 10. This critical infrastructure work will require major service adjustments on the Main Line creating service changes on the Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma Branches and schedule adjustments on the LIRR's other branches.

Port Jefferson/Huntington Branch

Buses replace trains between Mineola and Huntington with trains operating in two sections:

• Half-hourly between Penn Station and Mineola

• Every Two Hours Between Huntington and Port Jefferson

Buses will run every hour between Mineola and Huntington, stopping at Hicksville, Syosset and Cold Spring Harbor only.

For service to or from Carle Place and Westbury, take the NICE N22 bus which stops near those stations and accepts LIRR tickets. Limited overnight shuttle bus service will be available at these stations.

The final trains to run on Friday night are the 11:23 p.m. from Penn Station and the 11:52 p.m. train from Huntington. Normal service is scheduled to resume with the 1:58 a.m. train from Penn Station and the 3:53 a.m. train from Huntington on Monday morning.

Ronkonkoma Branch

Ronkonkoma Branch trains operate every two hours and are rerouted via the Central Branch between Jamaica and Farmingdale. Trains will change direction twice but not make stops at any stations. Customers should allow an additional 50 minutes of travel time.

There is no train or bus service at Bethpage. Use the Farmingdale or Seaford stations instead.

If possible, customers should use the Babylon or Montauk branches instead.

The last trains to run normally on Friday night are the 11:37 p.m. train from Penn Station and the 11:54 p.m. train from Ronkonkoma. Normal service resumes with the 2:15 a.m. train from Penn Station and the 4:12 a.m. train from Ronkonkoma on Monday morning.

Weekend Events Affected

Fans planning to attend the St John's basketball game at noon and the Rangers game at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and the Jets game at 1:00 p.m. or Knicks game at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday are strongly advised to use south shore branches.