<a href="/topics/Long_Island_Rail_Road">Long Island Rail Road</a> service on the <a href="/topics/Port_Jefferson%2C_NY">Port Jefferson</a> line was briefly stopped in both directions Saturday afternoon after paramedics responded to a dehydrated bicyclist on a bike path next to the tracks about 2 p.m. 
 According to <a href="/topics/MTA">MTA</a> spokeswoman Margie Anders, the eastbound train that left Penn Station at 1:52 p.m. was stopped at <a href="/topics/Hicksville%2C_NY">Hicksville</a>. Riders got on the next train in <a href="/topics/Hicksville%2C_NY">Hicksville</a> at 3:10 p.m. A westbound train that was due to leave Huntington for Penn Station at 2:36 p.m. was canceled. 
 <a href="/topics/Nassau_County%2C_NY">Nassau</a> Police said the bicyclist was riding in the Stillwell Woods Preserve, and power had to be shut off because of his proximity to the tracks.

Long Island Rail Road service on the Port Jefferson line was briefly stopped in both directions Saturday afternoon after paramedics responded to a dehydrated bicyclist on a bike path next to the tracks about 2 p.m. According to MTA spokeswoman Margie Anders, the eastbound train that left Penn Station at 1:52 p.m. was stopped at Hicksville. Riders got on the next train in Hicksville at 3:10 p.m. A westbound train that was due to leave Huntington for Penn Station at 2:36 p.m. was canceled. Nassau Police said the bicyclist was riding in the Stillwell Woods Preserve, and power had to be shut off because of his proximity to the tracks.

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