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LIRR Will Shut Down Service Sunday Evening Due To Blizzard

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Service will end at 1 a.m. across the board on the Long Island Rail Road.
Service will end at 1 a.m. across the board on the Long Island Rail Road. (File photo by Daniel Hampton / Patch)

LONG ISLAND, NY — As a blizzard slams the area Sunday night into Monday, the Long Island Rail Road announced that it will shut down service Sunday evening.

"LIRR service will shut down Sunday evening," a statement on X read. "To support a safe and orderly shutdown of the LIRR system, train service will be reduced on select branches as early as 7 p.m. and by 1 a.m. will be fully suspended until further notice."

The TrainTime app and website might be delayed in reflecting the most recent service changes, the post read..

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The Port Washington, Port Jefferson, and Babylon branches will operate hourly starting at 7 p.m. Greenport service and the West Hempstead Branch will end service at 11 p.m.

The last trains to operate on each branch will be:

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Babylon Branch

  • 11:44 p.m. from Babylon to Penn Station
  • 11:43 p.m. from Penn Station to Babylon

Far Rockaway Branch

  • 11:07 p.m. from Far Rockaway to Grand Central
  • 11:20 p.m. from Grand Central to Far Rockaway

Hempstead Branch

  • No service this weekend

Long Beach Branch

  • 12:12 a.m. from Long Beach to Penn Station
  • 11:58 p.m. from Penn Station to Long Beach

Montauk Branch

  • 11:25 p.m. from Speonk to Jamaica
  • 11:30 p.m. from Jamaica to Speonk
  • The 9:42 p.m. from Jamaica to Montauk will terminate in Speonk

Oyster Bay Branch

  • 10:53 p.m. from Oyster Bay to Jamaica
  • 8:45 p.m. from Jamaica to Oyster Bay

Port Jefferson Branch

  • 9:39 p.m. from Port Jefferson to Huntington, with connection to Penn Station
  • 11:27 p.m. from Port Jefferson to Huntington, with no connection available at Huntington
  • 11:52 p.m. from Huntington to Penn Station
  • 11:46 p.m. from Penn Station to Huntington, with connection to Port Jefferson

Port Washington Branch

  • 11:26 p.m. from Port Washington to Penn Station
  • 11:28 p.m. from Penn Station to Port Washington

Ronkonkoma Branch

  • 11:07 p.m. from Ronkonkoma to Penn Station
  • 11:17 p.m. from Penn Station to Ronkonkoma

West Hempstead Branch

  • 11:02 p.m. from West Hempstead to Grand Central
  • 10:57 p.m. from Grand Central to West Hempstead

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