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LIRR Adds Trains for Holidays

Off-peak, family fares in effect starting Thursday.

The Long Island Rail Road is adding trains and applying family or off-peak fares for four days.

Extra eastbound train service starts Wednesday evening to accommodate passengers going home for the holiday. On Thanksgiving through Sunday, extra trains will run to get people to the parade and other holiday events and back home again.

Off-peak fares take effect Thursday and run through Sunday. Family fares for children ages 5-11 ride one-way for $1, when accompanied by a fare paying parent or guardian.  Weekly and monthly ticket holders pay just for the kids. Children under 5 ride free.

The Thanksgiving eve extra trains are:

Babylon Branch

  • The 2:32 p.m. train express to Lynbrook, then all stops to Babylon,
  • The 3 p.m. rain stopping at Jamaica, Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.
  • The 3:31 p.m. express to Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon
Port Jefferson Branch
  • The 2:08 p.m. train stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, then all stops to Huntington.
  • The 2:29 p.m. train stopping at Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, then all stops to Huntington.
  • The 3:24 p.m. train stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, Westbury and Hicksville.
Port Washington Branch
  • The 3:40 p.m. train stopping at Woodside, Flushing/Main St., then all stops to Great Neck
Far Rockaway Branch
  • The 3:48 p.m. express to Locust Manor, then all stops to Far Rockaway.
Montauk Branch
  • The 4:06 p.m. train express to Westhampton, then stopping at Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton and Montauk
On Friday, trains operate on a normal schedule but with off-peak fares.

On Saturday and Sunday, the extra trains are:

Long Beach BranchWestbound
  • The 8:56 a.m., 9:56 a.m., 10:56 a.m. and 11:56 a.m. trains from Long Beach making all local stops to Jamaica then express to Penn Station.
Eastbound
  • The 4:25 p.m., 5:15 a.m., 6:15 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. trains from Penn Station, stopping at Jamaica and making all local stops to Long Beach.
Babylon BranchEastbound
  • The 1:13 a.m. from Penn Station, stopping at Jamaica, Rockville Centre and then all stops to Babylon
Port Jefferson BranchEastbound
  • The 2:44 a.m. from Penn Station stopping at Jamaica, New Hyde Park, then all stops to Huntington.


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