LIRR reduces service in advance of Irene

· Some Friday afternoon trains to the East End being canceled

· Customers are asked to review their travel plans taking into

consideration the impact of the storm

MTA Long Island Rail Road is making some adjustments to its service in

advance of Hurricane Irene reaching Long Island as the LIRR prepares to

secure and protect its equipment and infrastructure from the hurricane

force winds and flooding expected to hit the Island on Sunday, August

28. Train equipment * both electric and diesel * is being removed

from yards in low-lying areas that are prone to flooding. As a result,

the LIRR is reducing some of its Friday afternoon train service to the

Hamptons and Montauk. Hamptons Reserve service will not be offered this Friday.

The LIRR is asking its customers to review their travel plans taking

into consideration the impact of the storm. Because of the severity of

the wind and rain associated with a hurricane, there may be a partial or

full shut down of LIRR service prior to the storm making landfall on

Long Island to ensure the safety of our customers and employees.

Regular train service will continue to operate with the following

cancellations, or alterations, to Friday-only Hamptons/Montauk service

tomorrow.

· 1:49 PM from Hunterspoint due Montauk at 4:45 PM is canceled.

· 4:30 PM from Hunterspoint due Montauk 7:35 PM is canceled.

· 5:09 PM from Penn Station due Montauk at 8:29 PM will instead

terminate at Speonk at 7:13 PM.

· 7:38 PM from Jamaica due Montauk at 10:10 PM is canceled.

While the 3:58 PM train from Penn Station to Montauk will operate this

Friday, it will run on its Thursday schedule arriving Montauk 6:45 PM,

and it will not have the Hampton Reserve cars.

In addition, the LIRR is also canceling track work that was scheduled

this weekend on the Far Rockaway Branch prior to the development of the

storm. Additionally, the LIRR will not be substituting buses, as

previously planned prior to the storm, for some Sunday morning train

service on the Oyster Bay Branch for the running of the Oyster Bay

Triathlon.