from Hempstead. In the morning, three Reverse Peak Major Weekend Changes Travel Tips trains will be cancelled, with no eastbound train service to stations Bellerose through Hempstead - New timetables will be in effect from Monday, June 16 between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM. Eastbound train service Weekend of June 21-22: through September 1. Regular schedules will resume will be provided to Hollis and Village, and bus Signal testing and installation will require a 48-hour on Tuesday, September 2. Here are some tips for service will be provided from Queens Village to stations shutdown of the Hempstead Branch. Buses will replace coping with the temporary schedule changes: all weekend trains between Hempstead and Jamaica. Queens Bellerose through Hempstead. • Pick up timetables dated June 16 - September 1 Hempstead Branch customers should expect added for your branch In the PM, three reverse peak trains are cancelled, with travel time of up to 25 minutes. no westbound service from stations Hempstead through • Listen for announcements on track, platform and Interlocking Bellerose between 4:50 PM and 7:00 PM. Westbound schedule changes service from stations Hempstead through Bellerose will • Call the LIRR’s 24-hour Travel Information Center for be provided by buses to Jamaica. Main Line trains schedule information Switch & Signal making extra stops will provide westbound service from • Check the LIRR website at www.mta.info/lirr for Floral Park, Queens Village and Hollis. Alternate bus schedule changes and service advisories e • Sign up for Customer E-Mail Advisories at Improvements service will add up to 25 minutes of travel time. During n construction, LIRR employees will be assigned to assist u www.mta.info/lirr customers with alternate bus service. J • Check the Penn Message Boards for updates June 16 - September 1, 2008 To avoid delays, customers may wish to travel on • Look for additional LIRR personnel at Jamaica and other branches this weekend. Queens Village for assistance with alternate bus Off Peak Service Changes service Main Line & Hempstead Branch - • Listen to radio and TV traffic reports for daily service On weekends, during certain times, half-hourly Weekend of August 23-24 updates service will be reduced to hourly service at A signal cutover will require a 48-hour suspension of We thank you for your patience and understanding Huntington, Cold Spring Harbor and Syosset service on the Main Line between Jamaica and Mineola as we work to complete these infrastructure stations. on the weekend of August 23-24. This suspension of improvements in the shortest time frame possible. service will affect Ronkonkoma, Port Jefferson, • To allow construction activity to progress, stops have Oyster Bay and Hempstead branch tracks through this been added or removed from certain trains during area, and require busing and some train diversions. the midday and overnight Off Peak periods. Details of schedule adjustments and alternate service In addition, weekday schedule adjustments of up to will be announced as the date approaches. 48 minutes and running time additions of up to Please pick up a copy of the June 16 6 minutes have been added to some trains. timetable for your branch Weekend schedule adjustments of up to 23 minutes and running time addtions of up to 9 minutes have LIRR Travel Information Center: been added to some trains. City...... (718) 217-LIRR

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LIRR 5-08 AM Peak Service Changes PM Peak Service Changes Queens Interlocking Switch & Signal Improvements Hempstead Branch June 16 through August 29: June 16 through August 29: • The 7:23 AM train from Hempstead to Flatbush • The 4:24 PM train from Penn Station to Avenue will be temporarily cancelled. Alternate Ronkonkoma will have an added stop at Jamaica. service at stations Hempstead through Stewart Here is what will be happening: • The 4:34 PM train from Flatbush Avenue to Manor and Bellerose will be available 13 minutes Ronkonkoma will be temporarily cancelled. earlier or 18 minutes later. Service from Floral Park, Alternate service for stations New Hyde Park Dear LIRR Customers: Queens Village and Hollis will be available between Customer Impacts through Hicksville will be available 3 minutes earlier. 3 and 4 minutes earlier. The LIRR will launch an important summer project in Most Rush Hour Service: Service for Bethpage through Ronkonkoma will be the coming weeks that will improve service but also available 14 minutes earlier. will impact your commute. Beginning June 16th, we • Some trains will be cancelled or combined. June 30 through August 22: will start upgrading our switch technology at a track • The 8:45 AM train from Hempstead to Flatbush point between Queens Village and Bellerose, with a • Reverse Peak customers on the Hempstead Branch Hempstead Branch will be provided with buses between Queens Village Avenue will be temporarily cancelled. Alternate scheduled completion date of September 1st. June 16 through August 29 : By installing state-of-the art technology and switches and Hempstead in the AM and between Hempstead service at stations Hempstead through Stewart in this essential section of the Railroad, our customers and Bellerose to Jamaica in the PM. Manor and Bellerose will be available 25 minutes •the 6:14 PM train from Flatbush Avenue to will enjoy a smoother ride and fewer maintenance- earlier or 24 minutes later. Service from Floral Park, Hempstead will terminate at Garden City. Bus service related track outages. The project represents a major • All branches will experience adjustments of up to Queens Village and Hollis will be available will be provided to Country Life Press and Hempstead. investment ($60.4 million) on the part of the LIRR to 10 minutes for stopping times and connections. 4 minutes earlier. ensure greater reliability and comfort. Timetables dated June 16 will include the changes. June 30 through August 22 : • the 7:05 PM Penn Station to Hempstead train will be This work will involve significant schedule changes Port Jefferson Branch while the project is underway, including AM and PM • New timetables and informational flyers will be cancelled. Alternate service will be available Peak train cancellations on the Hempstead, available at stations. June 16 through August 29: 10 minutes earlier or 28 minutes later. Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma branches – and • The 6:18 AM train from Port Jefferson will depart schedule adjustments throughout the system. one minute earlier at 6:17 AM and will have an This brochure is designed to provide both an added stop at Huntington at 7:02 AM. Reverse Peak Service Changes explanation of the work being done and an overview of its impact on service, including for our reverse • The 6:45 AM Port Jefferson to Hunterspoint Avenue Ronkonkoma Branch commuters. Please watch for other informational train will operate 2 minutes earlier and will June 16 through August 29: items to follow and be sure to pick up new branch terminate at Huntington, where customers will • The 7:13 PM weekday train from Ronkonkoma to timetables for changes to your regular schedules. transfer to the 7:36 AM departure, which will have Penn Station will originate at Central Islip at I want to thank you in advance for your patience and an added stop at Jamaica. Hunterspoint Avenue 7:20 PM. A bus connecting with this train will depart understanding while we complete this important customers will arrive at their destination 6 minutes Ronkonkoma at 6:50 PM (23 minutes earlier than project. The LIRR – already the largest commuter later. normal train service). Alternate train service is Railroad in North America – is striving to be the best available from Ronkonkoma at 7:45 PM. as well and is committed to completing this work as • The 7:12 AM train from Huntington will temporarily safely and quickly as possible while limiting its impact originate in Cold Spring Harbor at 7:11 AM and will on your commute and the communities we serve. Hempstead Branch have an added stop at Hicksville. June 30 through August 22: Sincerely, • The 7:28 AM train from Cold Spring Harbor will Due to the need to close one of two main tracks on the temporarily originate from Huntington at 7:22 AM. Hempstead Branch for most of this project, it is not possible to operate normal Reverse Peak service to and Helena E. Williams President - MTA continued over