As we approach Memorial Day, the day many call the unofficial start of summer (at least for me, when the Cannonball blasts past my station), and the day we honor those who died for our country, and also the day that railfans such as myself see the first runs of all the westbound Montauk trains coming from the Hamptons and Fire Island.
This time, however, I didn’t get to adding Metro-North service changes, as I was quite busy, and I just couldn’t scrape up the time, but either way the LIRR’s Memorial Day changes are actually much more interesting for once. On Monday, the LIRR and MNR will be operating on a holiday schedule. Service is as follows:- The LIRR will operate on a regular weekday schedule.
- Friday, May 23, 2025 marks the first Friday in which the typical Hamptons reserve eastbound trains: trains 10 (the express 11:41a from Jamaica to Montauk), 12 (the 1:11p from Hunterspoint Avenue to Montauk), and 16, the Cannonball (4:07pm from Penn to Montauk) will run.
- In addition, train 66, the 12:05p express Babylon-Patchogue Friday-only relief train for train 10 will make its first run along with #89, the 3:24p express from Patchogue to Babylon. Both will only stop at Sayville, Bay Shore, and Babylon only.
- Train #952, the 3:58pm from Ronkonkoma to Riverhead will be extended to Greenport as train #954 on it’s first 2025 extended run.
- The LIRR will operate on a regular weekend schedule.
- The LIRR will operate on a regular weekend schedule.
- The LIRR will operate on a regular weekend schedule.
- Off-peak fares will be in affect the entire day.
- Monday marks the first runs of the typical Sunday fleet of westbounds, running on Monday for Memorial Day weekend. Trains 6095, the brand-new extended version of #6005 to Penn Station will run for the first time ever, meanwhile trains 6007 (the 1:46p from Montauk to Jamaica), 6009 (the 3:25p from Southampton to Jamaica), 6013 (the 4:17pm from Montauk, now extended to Penn Station) and 6017 (the 6:21p from Montauk to Penn Station) will make their first 2025 runs.
- The LIRR will operate on a regular weekday schedule.
- Train 11, the 7:18am westbound train from Montauk to Hunterspoint Avenue will operate on it’s first westbound run of 2025.
- The LIRR will operate on a regular weekday schedule.
Have a good Memorial Day!