Track Work To Shut Down Long Beach LIRR This Weekend

This weekend, the Long Island Rail Road will be doing work on the Long Beach Branch, which will lead to the majority of the line being shut down.

LIRR work crews will be replacing ties on Reynold's Bridge, which crosses Reynolds Channel and connects Island Park and Long Beach. The work will begin at 10:18 p.m. on Friday and continue through 5 a.m. on Monday.

To allow for the work, the Long Beach Branch between Valley Stream and Long Beach stations will be out of service on Friday at 10:30 p.m. until Monday at 3:01 a.m. Customers on this span of the branch will be accommodated by buses.

The LIRR urges customers to view special timetables found at http://web.mta.info/lirr/Timetable/ for a complete listing of train schedules for these weekends. Here are the details:

Westbound: Customers will board buses at stations Long Beach through Lynbrook up to 66 minutes later than normal for Valley Stream, where train service will resume. Passengers should expect up to 28 minutes additional travel time. Lynbrook customers also have the option of using Babylon Branch trains stopping at Lynbrook for service to/from western terminals.

Eastbound: Customers will disembark at Valley Stream and board buses for stations Lynbrook through Long Beach. Passengers can expect up to an additional 28 minutes travel time.

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