Crews to perform switch work as part of LIRR Main Line Expansion project

Switch work will be performed by Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) crews near Queens Village as part of the Main Line Expansion Project during the weekends of Oct. 23-24 and Oct. 30-31.

Crews will also use the track outage to put steel girders in place as part of the MTA’s LIRR Road Elmont station project.

This critical infrastructure work will require both existing Main Line tracks to be taken out of service for 48 hours each weekend between New Hyde Park and Hicksville, resulting in service changes on the Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma Branches and schedule adjustments on the LIRR’s other branches.

There will be no train service to New Hyde Park, Merillon Avenue, Mineola, Carle Place or Westbury. All service to and from Bethpage Station will be provided by the shuttle trains between Babylon and Hicksville.

On Oct. 24, the Southbound Cross Island Parkway will be closed from midnight to 6:00 p.m. and the Northbound side will be closed from 3:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

“The success of the LIRR is vital to Long Island’s economy and quality of life and the new Elmont Station will provide a reliable mass transportation option for those traveling to and from the new UBS Arena to root on our NY Islanders, and in the future see a show or shop. This station, in conjunction with Mainline Expansion, will definitively boost the region’s connectivity and economy to a new level,” said LIRR President Phil Eng. “Driving is no match for the LIRR — we provide the greenest and quickest way to travel across Long Island, and this mainline switch work will add redundancy, reliability and operational flexibility as we continuously look to provide service improvements for our customers’ needs, both for today’s riders and future generations.”

The LIRR urges customers to download and use the revamped LIRR TrainTime app, the best source of up-to-date and real-time train information including the new chat function that LIRR customers can use to chat in real-time directly with LIRR customer service