Table of LIRR delays, summer of 2010
Long Island Rail Road workers manually 'block and spike' rail switches as a train waits just east of Jamaica station. (Aug. 26, 2010) Credit: Kevin P. Coughlin
These are the delay incidents recorded by the Long Island Rail Road. The LIRR only lists trains that arrive at their final destination 6 or more minutes behind schedule and canceled and partially-canceled trains. The system-wide delays on August 23 (fire in Jamaica Station) and September 16 (two tornadoes in New York City) were not included in this table.
| Incidents recorded by the LIRR, July 1 to Sept. 28, 2010* | |||||
| Branch | Total incidents | Cancellations | Delays | Total minutes | Average delay (in minutes) |
| Babylon | 1,140 | 138 | 1,002 | 11,180 | 11.2 |
| Far Rockaway | 238 | 54 | 184 | 2,245 | 12.2 |
| Hempstead | 252 | 67 | 185 | 1,980 | 10.7 |
| Hunt. Hicks. | 670 | 85 | 585 | 7,854 | 13.4 |
| Long Beach | 285 | 36 | 249 | 2,983 | 12.0 |
| Montauk | 520 | 48 | 472 | 7,543 | 16.0 |
| Oyster Bay | 217 | 45 | 172 | 2,397 | 13.9 |
| Port Jefferson | 377 | 31 | 346 | 4,758 | 13.8 |
| Port Washington | 625 | 87 | 538 | 5,654 | 10.5 |
| Ronkonkoma (Greenport) | 591 | 79 | 512 | 6,854 | 13.4 |
| West Hempstead | 216 | 156 | 60 | 653 | 10.9 |
| Total LIRR | 5,131 | 826 | 4,305 | 54,101 | 12.6 |
| Most delayed trains recorded by the LIRR, July 1 to Sept. 28, 2010* | |||||
| Date | Branch | Scheduled Departure & Arrival | Departure and Arrival | Train # | Minutes late |
| 8/14/2010 | Montauk | Jamaica Station- Montauk Station | 8:08 a.m. -10:46 a.m. | 8702 | 162 |
| 8/20/2010 | Montauk | Montauk Station- Jamaica Station | 2:51 p.m. - 5:50 p.m. | 2709 | 143 |
| 8/14/2010 | Montauk | Babylon Station- Speonk Station | 8:28 a.m. - 9:28 a.m. | 8730 | 112 |
| 8/6/2010 | Montauk | Babylon Station- Montauk Station | 8:52 a.m. -10:53 a.m. | 2704 | 111 |
| 7/10/2010 | Hunt. Hicks. | Huntington Station- Penn Station | 2:03 p.m. - 3:09 p.m. | 7709 | 107 |
| 7/10/2010 | Hunt. Hicks. | Penn Station- Huntington Station | 1:48 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. | 7708 | 106 |
| 7/5/2010 | Montauk | Bridgehampton Station- Jamaica Station | 4:33 p.m. - 6:41 p.m. | 8707 | 102 |
| 7/5/2010 | Montauk | Montauk Station- Jamaica Station | 1:23 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. | 8703 | 100 |
| 7/10/2010 | Ronk. (greenpt.) | Penn Station- Ronkonkoma Station | 2:17 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. | 8054 | 93 |
| 8/24/2010 | Long Beach | Flatbush Avenue Station- Long Beach Station | 6:48 a.m. - 7:36 a.m. | 808 | 91 |
| 9/17/2010 | Port Jefferson | Port Jefferson Station- Long Island City | 6:18 a.m. - 8:07 a.m. | 609 | 89 |
| 7/10/2010 | Montauk | Jamaica Station- Montauk Station | 12:08 p.m. - 2:52 p.m. | 8710 | 88 |
| 7/10/2010 | Hunt. Hicks. | Penn Station- Huntington Station | 2:26 p.m. - 3:28 p.m. | 7710 | 83 |
| 8/24/2010 | Long Beach | Flatbush Avenue Station- Long Beach Station | 7:30 a.m. - 8:22 a.m. | 812 | 79 |
| 9/6/2010 | Babylon | Babylon Station- Penn Station | 5:28 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. | 6127 | 77 |
Source: MTA.
* The system-wide delays on August 23 and September 16 were not included in this table.
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