Extra Service for New Year's Holiday December 28 & 31; January 1

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PROHIBITED ON LIRR TRAINS, PLATFORMS AND AT STATIONS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND THROUGH MORNING ON NEW YEAR'S DAY

The MTA Long Island Rail Road will provide additional trains to and from Penn Station for the New Year's holiday. The extra service includes additional eastbound afternoon trains on Friday, December 28 and again on New Year's Eve, Monday, December 31; additional westbound trains into Penn Station on New Year's Eve and additional eastbound trains out of Penn Station on Tuesday, January 1.

As in prior years, alcohol will not be allowed on LIRR trains, stations and platforms on New Year's Eve and through the morning on New Year's Day. MTA Police will enforce this restriction.

The LIRR will operate on a regular weekday schedule on Friday, December 28 and again on Monday, December 31, New Year's Eve, with eight additional trains from Penn Station between 2:09 PM and 3:48 PM on both days.  The additional trains are as follows:

Babylon Branch

Leave Penn Station at 2:22 PM, express to Lynbrook, then all stops to Babylon.
Leave Penn Station at 3:00 PM, Jamaica, Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.
Leave Penn Station at 3:31 PM, express to Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.

Far Rockaway Branch

Leave Penn Station at 3:48 PM, express to Locust Manor, then all stops to Far Rockaway.

Port Jefferson Branch

Leave Penn Station at 2:09 PM, Jamaica, Carle Place, then all stops to Huntington.
Leave Penn Station at 2:25 PM, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, then all stops to Huntington.
Leave Penn Station at 3:24 PM, Jamaica, Mineola, Westbury and Hicksville.

Port Washington Branch (December 28 and December 31, continued)
Leave Penn Station at 3:40 PM, Woodside, Flushing Main St., then all stops to Great Neck.

The LIRR will operate on a normal weekend schedule on Saturday, December 29 and Sunday, December 30.  On Monday, December 31, New Year's Eve, the LIRR will be operating on a weekday schedule with eighteen additional westbound trains provided between 4:55 PM and 8:39 PM for holiday revelers. The additional trains are:

Babylon/Montauk Branch
Leave Babylon at 6:20 PM, making all stops to Rockville Centre, Jamaica then Penn Station.
Leave Freeport at 7:24 PM, stopping at Baldwin, Rockville Centre, Jamaica then Penn Station.
Leave Babylon at 8:02 PM, making all stops to Rockville Centre, Jamaica then Penn Station.
Leave Speonk at 8:00 PM, stopping at Patchogue, Babylon, Amityville, Wantagh, Freeport and Jamaica.
Leave Speonk at 8:30 PM, making all stops to Babylon, then Jamaica then Penn Station.

Port Jefferson Branch
Leave Huntington at 4:55 PM, stopping at Cold Spring Harbor, Syosset, Hicksville, Jamaica then Penn Station.
Leave Hicksville at 6:59 PM, making all stops to Jamaica then Penn Station.
Leave Port Jefferson at 7:10 PM, making all stops to Huntington, Hicksville, Jamaica then New York.
Leave Hicksville at 7:33 PM, making all stops to Jamaica, then New York.
Leave Huntington at 7:38 PM, making all stops to Jamaica, then New York.
Leave Huntington at 8:29 PM, making all stops to Jamaica, then New York.

Port Washington Branch
Leave Great Neck at 7:07 PM, making all stops to Woodside, then New York.
Leave Port Washington at 8:36 PM, making all stops to Woodside, then New York.

Hempstead Branch
Leave Hempstead at 6:48 PM, making all stops to Jamaica, then New York.

Long Beach Branch
Leave Long Beach at 5:57 PM, making all stops to Valley Stream, Jamaica, then New York.
Leave Long Beach at 7:23 PM, making all stops to Valley Stream, Jamaica, then New York.

Ronkonkoma Branch
Leave Ronkonkoma at 7:42 PM, making all stops to Hicksville, Mineola, then Jamaica and Penn Station.
Leave Ronkonkoma at 8:39 PM, making all stops to Hicksville, Mineola, then Jamaica and Penn Station.

In addition to the LIRR's regular holiday schedule on Tuesday, January 1, the following ten additional eastbound trains between 12:42 AM and 3:59 AM, will be provided:

Babylon/Montauk Branch
Leave New York at 1:10 AM, making stops at Jamaica, Lynbrook and then all stops to Babylon.
Leave New York at 3:29 AM, making stops at Jamaica, Lynbrook and then all stops to Babylon.
Leave New York at 1:29 AM, making stops at Jamaica, Rockville Centre, then all stops to Speonk.

Port Jefferson Branch
Leave New York at 2:14 AM, making stops at Jamaica, Hew Hyde Park and then all stops to Huntington.
Leave New York at 3:24 AM, making stops at Jamaica, New Hyde Park and then all stops to Port Jefferson.

Port Washington Branch
Leave New York at 12:42 AM, making stops at Woodside, Flushing Main St., then all stops to Port Washington.
Leave New York at 2:19 AM, making stops at Woodside, Flushing Main St., then all stops to Port Washington.
Leave New York at 3:59 AM, making stops at Woodside, Flushing Main St., then all stops to Port Washington.

Ronkonkoma Branch
Leave New York at 12:46 AM, making stops at Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, and then all stops to Ronkonkoma.
Leave New York at 2:03 AM, making stops at Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, and then all stops to Ronkonkoma.

For further 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.
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