The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will offer extra railroad service on Thursday, to allow customers to get a head start a long Fourth of July weekend.
On Friday, July 3, subways, buses, the LIRR, Metro-North and the Staten Island Railway will operate on a Saturday schedule.
Metro-North Railroad & LIRR
Metro-North and LIRR will provide additional early-afternoon service from Manhattan on Thursday, July 2, for customers planning an early getaway for the start of the Independence Day holiday. Between noon and 4 p.m., 18 extra trains will depart Grand Central Terminal, 10 extra trains will depart from Penn Station, and two extra New York State-bound trains will depart Hoboken Terminal. And the LIRR is offering plenty of extra train service to the East End over the extended Independence Day Weekend, including an extra Cannonball to Montauk on top of the Railroad’s already enhanced summer Montauk Branch schedule.
On Friday, July 3, the LIRR will operate on a normal Friday schedule, andMetro-North will operate on a Saturday schedule.
For more details, please see the attached press releases from the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.
On Friday, July 3, subways will operate on a Saturday schedule. There will be no 5 train service south of E 180 Street; 1 service is suspended between 14 St and South Ferry; 23 trains run local between 34 St-Penn Station and Chambers St. Customers are encouraged to use the Bowling Green 4 and Fulton St234AC stations, or buses between Chambers St and South Ferry. There will be increased subway service on the 4, 7, A, C, F, and S 42nd Street Shuttle prior to and following the Macy’s fireworks celebration, which will originate from five barges on the East River: four between 23rd and 37th Streets, and one south of the Brooklyn Bridge at Pier 19 (near John Street) from 9:20 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
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