Lots of Extra Getaway Trains on Friday, July 1
June 28th, 2016
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will offer extra railroad service on Friday, July 1, to allow customers to get a head start a long Fourth of July weekend. OnMonday, July 4, subways, buses and Metro-North will operate on a Saturday schedule. The Long Island Rail Road and the Staten Island Railway will operate on a Sunday schedule. More details are below.
Long Island Rail Road & Metro-North Railroad
The LIRR and Metro-North will provide additional early-afternoon service from Manhattan on Friday, July 1, for customers planning an early getaway for the start of the Independence Day holiday. Between noon and 4 p.m., 17 extra trains will depart Grand Central Terminal and 10 extra trains will depart from Penn Station. And the LIRR is offering plenty of extra train service to the East End over the extended Independence Day Weekend, including new Fire Island Ferry connections on top of the railroad’s already enhanced summer Montauk Branch schedule.
For more details, please see this link for Long Island Rail Road and this link to Metro-North Railroad.
New York City Subway
On Monday, July 4, subways will operate on a Saturday schedule. There will be no 5 Subway train service in Brooklyn, and no 6 Subway7 Subway express service. B Subway trains will not run, customers are encouraged to use the A SubwayC SubwayD Subway and/or Q Subway instead. M Subway trains will not run between Delancey-Essex Sts and 71 Ave; Q Subway service is suspended between 57 St-7Av and Ditmars Blvd; and Z Subway service is suspended, take the J Subway instead.
There will be increased subway service on the 4 Subway7 SubwayA SubwayC Subway[F Subway and S Subway 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 Park from 9:20 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
http://www.mta.info/news-july-4th-ho...ad-metro-north