The MTA will put a new timetable into effect on all Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) branches on Monday, Nov. 9. Departure times for many weekday midday and weekend trains will change, but rush-hour service will see little change. On the Babylon Branch, service will return to the pre-station-reconstruction pattern on weekends starting Nov. 14 and on weekday middays starting Nov. 23.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will put a new timetable into effect on all Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) branches on Monday, Nov. 9. The MTA said departure times for many weekday midday and weekend trains will change, and some trains will leave earlier than they do now. The changes are intended to allow track maintenance and station accessibility work, and rush-hour service will see little change.
Babylon Branch service will return in phases to the pattern in place before the station reconstruction project. Direct trains from stations east of Massapequa to Grand Central will be restored on weekends starting Saturday, Nov. 14, and on weekday middays starting Monday, Nov. 23. Between Manhattan and Babylon, two local trains will run per hour, one serving Penn Station and the other Grand Central. Penn Station–Babylon express trains will run only to connect with Montauk Branch trains, stopping only at Jamaica, Freeport and Babylon.
Because of track work between Amityville and Lindenhurst, a special weekday midday timetable will apply from Nov. 9 through Nov. 20. Details are available through the MTA's construction notice lookup tool.
The MTA advised riders to check the TrainTime app or the timetable for their branch to see whether their trains have changed.