Buses Replace Midday Trains East of Ronkonkoma Sept. 15-18 & 22-23

As part of its track rehabilitation and renewal project, the MTA Long Island Rail Road will be upgrading the switches at Riverhead Station during the weeks of September 15 and September 22, which will affect midday service on the Ronkonkoma Branch.   During the switch renewal work, the LIRR will provide bus service in place of some trains during the midday on the Ronkonkoma Branch, east of Ronkonkoma, on Monday, September 15 through Thursday September 18 and again on Monday September 22 and Tuesday September 23.

Monday through Thursday, September 15 thru 18, 2008
Switch renewal work will take place at Riverhead Station, between Ronkonkoma and Greenport.  Passengers on two eastbound and two westbound trains will be affected.

Eastbound
Customers on the 9:02 AM train from Ronkonkoma to Greenport and the 1:42 PM train from Ronkonkoma to Riverhead will board buses at Ronkonkoma to complete their trips.

Westbound
Customers on the 11:12 AM train from Greenport to Ronkonkoma and the 3:19 PM train from Riverhead to Ronkonkoma will board buses at their stations and transfer to trains at Ronkonkoma to complete their trips.

Customers should expect increased travel time of up to 25 minutes.

Monday and Tuesday, September 22 and 23, 2008
Remaining switch renewal work will take place at Riverhead Station, between Ronkonkoma and Greenport.  Passengers on one eastbound and one westbound train will be affected.

Eastbound
Customers on the 9:02 AM train from Ronkonkoma to Greenport will board buses at Ronkonkoma to complete their trips.

Westbound
Customers on the 11:12 AM train from Greenport to Ronkonkoma will board buses at their stations and transfer to trains at Ronkonkoma to complete their trips.

Customers should expect increased travel time of up to 25 minutes.

or additional travel information, customers can contact the LIRR’s 24-hour Travel Information Center in Suffolk County at 631-231-LIRR, in Nassau County at 516-822-LIRR or in New York City at 718-217-LIRR.  The Travel Information Center’s TDD telephone number for the hearing impaired is 718-558-3022.