MTA Fourth of July Service 2025

Independence Day, also known as Fourth of July falls on a Friday this year, which means that to startoff this post, it's important to note that the LIRR will run on a weekend schedule. 

Here's some of the service changes that'll occur during the Fourth of July weekend:

Wednesday, July 2, 2025:

Long Island Railroad:

• Normal weekday schedule, regular fares.
• Train 14, "Mini-Cannonball" as they call it (the 4:07pm from Penn Station to Montauk) will run. 

Metro-North Railroad:

• Metro-North will operate on a Thursday schedule.

Thursday, July 3, 2025:

Long Island Railroad:

• Normal weekday schedule, regular fares.
• Train 14, "Mini-Cannonball" as they call it (the 4:07pm from Penn Station to Montauk) will run. 
• Train 952 (the 3:58pm out of Ronkonkoma) will be extended to Greenport as 954, and train 953 won't run.

Metro-North Railroad:

• Metro-North will operate on Friday schedule, with some early getaway trains and some combined trains later in the rush hour.

Thursday, July 3, 2025:

Long Island Railroad:

• Normal weekday schedule, regular fares.
• Train 16, "The Cannonball" will run, along with the suit of other Summer Friday Hamptons trains (#10 and #12 to Montauk, along with #66, #89, and #99; SFCC trains #94 and #95 won't run.
• The LIRR will operate an additional extra train to Montauk, titled #24, departing Jamaica at 7:15pm, running non-stop to Patchogue, Mastic-Shirley, and all stops to Montauk.
• Train 952 (the 3:58pm out of Ronkonkoma) will be extended to Greenport as 954, and train 953 won't run.

Metro-North Railroad:

• Metro-North will operate on Friday schedule, with some early getaway trains and some combined trains later in the rush hour.

Friday, July 4, 2025:

Long Island Railroad:

• Normal Saturday schedule, regular fares.
• The LIRR will not operate the regular Sunday fleet of additional westbound trains from Montauk, only the Saturday ones.

Metro-North Railroad:

• Metro-North will operate on Sunday schedule, with some early getaway trains and some combined trains later in the rush hour.
• Metro-North will operate two additional trains targeted towards people coming from the Rye Playland and Macy's Firework Shows. The first extra, #3569, is a 10:54pm local out of Rye, making all stops to Grand Central, with the second extra, #3572, departing Grand Central at 11:13pm, making Harlem-125 St, then running nonstop to Westport, Fairfield, and all local stops to New Haven.

Saturday, July 5, 2025:

Long Island Railroad:

• Normal Saturday schedule, regular off-peak fares.
• The LIRR will not operate the regular Sunday fleet of additional westbound trains from Montauk, only the Saturday ones.

Metro-North Railroad:

• Normal Saturday schedule, regular off-peak fares.

Sunday, July 6, 2025:

Long Island Railroad:

• Normal Sunday schedule, with regular off-peak fares.
• The regular Sunday fleet of additional westbound trains from Montauk will operate.
• The LIRR will operate an additional extra train from Montauk to Jamaica, titled #6021, departing Montauk at 8:45pm, making all stops to Westhampton before then running nonstop to Jamaica.

Metro-North Railroad:

• Normal Saturday schedule, regular off-peak fares.

Also, on the subway, the MTA will run increased service on the A, C, F, N, 2, and 4 lines to accommodate for increased travel to the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks show from the afternoon thru the late evening. 

The thing is, they really need to increase service on the 7 as things can get pretty bad for people watching from near Vernon Blvd-Jackson Avenue. Last year, the 7 got jammed as they didn't run enough trains and this lead to out of control crowding, thus spilling onto the other lines, specifically the G, E, and the N, yet this year they're continuing the same problem by not providing more service on the line that's specifically supposed to target these travelers. 

The (7) is CBTC, so due to the planned work, they could easily store a couple of trains on the express tracks, then deadhead them over to Hudson Yards and mix them with the locals. If I were the you, I'd avoid the 7 at all costs on Fourth of July night since things we'll probably get pretty ugly following the show.

Anyways, I wish everyone a happy Fourth of July weekend!