LIRR: Buses replace Ronkonkoma line trains for Love Lane work

Buses will replace one train in each direction on the Long Island Rail Road’s Ronkonkoma Branch on Wednesday and the Love Lane crossing in Mattituck will be closed to vehicular traffic for the day, the railroad said.

The service change will allow repairs to the crossing at Love Lane between 6:10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., the railroad said.

The crossing will be closed to vehicular traffic from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. and MTA police officers will be at the scene to assist with traffic detours, the railroad said.

LIRR riders will board buses for stops between Riverhead, Mattituck, Southold and Greenport in place of one eastbound train and one westbound train.

The railroad said it was doing the work midweek to lessen disruptions on popular North Fork weekends.

The following changes will be in effect:

• The 10:44 a.m. departure from Ronkonkoma due into Greenport at 12:08 p.m. will terminate at Riverhead its usual time of 11:28 a.m.
• Riders to Mattituck, Southold or Greenport will transfer to buses at Riverhead, and should plan for up to 10 minutes of additional travel time.
• The 12:58 p.m. departure from Greenport, due into Ronkonkoma at 2:22 p.m., will originate at Riverhead at its usual time of 1:37 p.m.
• Riders to Greenport, Southold or Mattituck will find buses departing up to 13 minutes before regularly scheduled departure times.
• The bus will stop at Southold at 12:56 p.m., Mattituck at 1:10 p.m. and Riverhead at 1:27 p.m. Customers will then board the 1:37 p.m. train at Riverhead due Penn Station at 4:02 p.m.

Riders can find a more detailed bus and train time schedule at web.mta.info/lirr/Timetable/GP-LoveLaneSwitchReplacement_10-4-2017.pdf.