LIRR: 37 trains added for New Year’s holiday weekend
Going local for the holidays?
Well, if your plans involve travel between Manhattan and Long Island, you are in luck: The Long Island Rail Road says an additional 37 trains will go to and from Penn Station between Friday and Monday.
The railroad said there will be 13 extra early afternoon trains departing Penn on Friday, an extra 10 headed to Penn on Sunday, New Year’s Eve, and an extra 14 from Penn after midnight on Monday.
That should help travelers get a head start on the New Year’s holiday weekend.
For more information about holiday service go to mta.info/lirr or call the Customer Service Center at 511 or 718-217-5477.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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