What to know about the shuttle buses
A shuttle bus at the Hicksville LIRR station on Monday morning. Credit: Newsday/John Asbury
Shuttle buses started running at 4:30 a.m. from six locations on Long Island to subway stations in Queens. But there will only be reverse commute bus service from three of those locations this afternoon and evening.
The MTA said multiple customer ambassadors will be at each of the shuttle bus locations to take questions from confused commuters. They will probably be very busy.
Here is the info on shuttle buses:
They will run until 9 a.m. this morning from these Long Island locations to the subway stations in Queens and then back to Long Island from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Bay Shore LIRR station to the Howard Beach-JFK Airport stop on the A train.
- Huntington LIRR station to the Jamaica-179th Street stop on the F train.
- Ronkonkoma LIRR station to the Jamaica-179th Street stop on the F train.
- In addition, shuttle buses will run until 9 a.m. from these three locations: Hempstead Lake State Park and the Hicksville and Mineola LIRR stations to the Howard Beach-JFK stop on the A train. But there will be no return buses in the afternoon.
There is no separate charge for the bus. Tap and ride with phone, credit, debit or OMNY card and you will transfer.
If you haven’t already, take a minute to bookmark mta.info/lirr strike for details or dial 511.
Lisa joined Newsday as a staff writer in 2019. She previously worked at amNewYork, the New York Daily News and the Asbury Park Press covering politics, government and general assignment.
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