Memorial Day is coming on Monday, May 29, which means the MTA will add extra trains tomorrow, Friday, May 26, to help New Yorkers get an early start on the long three-day weekend. Service details are below.

 

 

The Long Island Rail Road is adding 10 extra afternoon trains from Penn Station. The LIRR will operate on a holiday schedule on Memorial Day.

 

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

 

 

Metro-North will provide 17 extra “getaway” departures from Grand Central Terminal tomorrow 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, 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 26. 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. The Early Departure Get Away service plan on SIR is also available on, Labor Day weekend, Christmas and New Year’s. It will also operate on the day before Thanksgiving.

 

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.

New York City Transit subways and buses will operate on a Sunday schedule. Customers are reminded to use the  instead of the . Express service is not available on the  and . In addition, on Sundays, some subway routes are shortened. The following diversions are in effect on Memorial Day through 5 a.m. Tuesday, May 30: