Montauk Track Inspection April 9 - 12
Buses Replace Some Trains
The MTA Long Island Rail Road will provide bus service in place of trains for several areas of the Montauk Branch east of Babylon Wednesday, April 9 through Saturday, April 12 as track inspections are made by the Sperry Rail Car.
The Sperry Rail Car, a bright yellow vehicle fitted with ultrasonic and induction test equipment, is designed to detect internal rail defects not readily visible to the eye. Defects that are found will be corrected immediately by a crew of LIRR track maintenance workers. The Sperry Rail Car is used twice a year to inspect approximately 500 miles of LIRR track.
Wednesday, April 9 and Friday, April 11
Sperry Rail Car testing will take place between Babylon and Patchogue. Passengers on two eastbound and two westbound trains will be affected.
Eastbound
Customers on the 8:51 AM and 9:47 AM trains from Jamaica will board buses at Babylon to complete their trips through Patchogue. Customers should expect increased travel time of up to 11 minutes.
Westbound
Customers on the 9:33 AM and 10:33 AM trains from Patchogue will board buses at stations Patchogue through Bay Shore and transfer to trains at Babylon to complete their trips. Customers should expect increased travel time of up to 27 minutes.
Thursday, April 10
Sperry Rail Car testing will take place between Patchogue and Montauk. Passengers on three eastbound and three westbound trains will be affected.
Eastbound
Customers on the 8:11 AM, 10:44 AM and 11:30 AM trains from Jamaica will transfer to buses at Patchogue to complete their trips. Customers should expect increased travel time of up to 36 minutes.
Westbound
Customers on the 11:23 AM from Montauk, 2:07 PM from Speonk and 2:51 PM from Montauk trains will board buses at stations east of Patchogue and transfer to trains at Babylon to complete their trips. Customers should expect increased travel time of up to 52 minutes.
Saturday, April 12
Sperry Rail Car testing will take place between Speonk and Montauk. Passengers on three eastbound and three westbound trains will be affected.
Eastbound
Customers on the 8:12 AM, 10:12 AM and 12:12 PM trains from Jamaica will transfer to buses at Speonk to complete their trips. Customers should expect increased travel time of up to 36 minutes.
Westbound
Customers on the 3:37 PM, 5:37 PM and 7:34 PM trains from Montauk will board buses at stations east of Speonk and transfer to trains at Babylon to complete their trips. Customers should expect increased travel time of up to 52 minutes.
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