Memorial Day is coming on Monday, May 30, which means the MTA will add extra trains tomorrow, Friday, May 27, to help New Yorkers get an early start on the long three-day weekend. On Memorial Day, most MTA services will operate on Sunday schedules. Details are below.

 

 

On Friday, May 27, the LIRR will provide 10 additional early-afternoon trains from Penn Station, for customers planning an early start to the Memorial Day Weekend. The LIRR will operate on a regular weekend schedule on Saturday and Sunday and on a holiday schedule on Memorial Day.

 

For more details, please see the attached press release from the Long Island Rail Road.

 

 

On Friday, May 27, Metro-North will provide 17 extra “getaway” departures from Grand Central Terminal between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., and one extra departure from Hoboken Terminal on Metro-North’s Port Jervis Line. On Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, a Sunday schedule will be in effect.

 

For more details, please see the attached press release from Metro-North Railroad.

 

 

MTA Staten Island Railway will operate its Early Departure Get Away schedule on Friday, May 27. This schedule means extra SIR trains will be added earlier in the afternoon beginning at 2:30 p.m. from the St. George Ferry Terminal. There will be one express train and one local train awaiting every boat until 7:50 p.m.

 

For all services, customers are encouraged to visit www.mta.info for “Current Service Changes”and “Planned Service Changes.”  They may subscribe to our free email or text message alerts or use Tripplanner+ to plan their rides.

On Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, New York City Transit Subways will operate on a Sunday schedule. Customers are reminded to use the , ,  or  instead of the , and the  instead of the .  Express service is not available on the 6 and 7. In addition, on Sundays, some subway routes are shortened. 

 

The following diversions are in effect on Memorial Day through 5:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 31:

 

 

MTA Bridges and Tunnels will suspend all scheduled maintenance work beginning 6 a.m. on Friday, May 27, through the end of the morning rush on Tuesday, May 31, to accommodate motorists traveling throughout the busy travel weekend. Any extraordinary weather-critical work that must be accomplished over the holiday weekend would occur only during overnight hours when traffic is at its lightest. Motorists can ease their trip by using EZPass.