LIRR weekend service suspensions between Jamaica and Atlantic Terminal for switch repairs

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The Long Island Rail Road announced service disruptions for two upcoming weekends as part of switch replacement work aimed at improving service reliability, according to Cedarhurst and Lawrence village. 

Train service between Jamaica and Atlantic Terminal will be suspended from 9 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Monday during the weekends of Oct. 25-28 and Nov. 8-11.

LIRR riders can use subway service as an alternative during the disruptions, the villages wrote in emails to residents. 

Passengers can access six subway stations free by presenting LIRR tickets to booth agents: Sutphin Blvd.-Archer Ave., Broadway Junction, Nostrand Ave., Lafayette Ave., Fulton St. (G train) and Atlantic Ave.-Barclays Center.

The final trains before each weekend suspension will depart Jamaica at 8:44 p.m. and Atlantic Terminal at 8:51 p.m. on the Fridays.