LIRR & MNR Thanksgiving Service 2024

Unlike many prior years, the LIRR will not be providing any extra trains this Thanksgiving, however, Metro-North will be putting up a show of extra trains on all of it's lines. 

I will be breaking up each of the lines into sections and pointing out any changes, and service-patterns for this season. I apologize in advance for any mistakes or for any confusion, I've tried to make this as straightforward as possible but it can get very hectic especially on Metro North.

Thanksgiving Eve - Wednesday, Nov. 27

Long Island Railroad:

• On Thanksgiving Eve, the LIRR will operate on a normal WEEKDAY schedule. 

• Train #14, the winter version of The Cannonball will run.

The Hudson Line:

• Metro-North is much more interesting, starting off in the AM rush hour when trains #718 (the 7:08 from Tarrytown) and #720 (the 7:09 from Croton-Harmon) will be combined to form #4720 which will make the combined stops of both trains.

• Train 836, the 7:03am super-express from Poughkeepsie will be annulled.

• A new train will depart Poughkeepsie at 8:50am, making New Hamburg & Beacon, followed by Peekskill, Croton-Harmon, Harlem-125th St, and Grand Central Terminal.

• To roundoff The Hudson Line on Thanksgiving Eve, Metro-North will operate 3 holiday-eve trains for people looking to get out of work early. 2 of these are 1:18 and 2:18pm super-expresses to Poughkeepsie, along with a 1:51p local to Croton-Harmon. In addition, train #736 (the 5:36pm from Grand Central making Tarrytown and all stops to Croton-Harmon) and train #761 (the 5:39 from Grand Central making Greystone, and all stops to Tarrytown

The Harlem Line:

• On The Harlem Line, train #520 (the 7:57a from Crestwood) and train #522 (the 7:53a from North White Plains) will combine into a new train titled #4522 which will depart North White Plains at 7:44 AM. 

• Train #729, which makes all stops from Southeast to Goldens Bridge, then North White Plains - Scarsdale, and Grand Central Terminal will be annulled outright.

• Interestingly, train 509, which conveniently departs Grand Central at 7:44am and makes White Plains and North White Plains only will be annulled outright.

• Trains #551 (the 4:45 pm making Harlem-125th St followed by Crestwood and all stops to NWP) and #351 (the 4:48 pm making Harlem-125th St followed by Mount Vernon West and then all stops to Crestwood) will be combined into #4551 which will depart at 4:45 and make the combined stops of both trains. I’d also like to point out that #573, the 7:08 pm express train that makes Hartsdale and all stops to North White Plains will also be removed from the schedule.

The New Haven Line:

• The New Haven Line is much bigger and more complex, but I'll try my best to explain today's changes as best as possible. Train #1417 (the 6:48a from South Norwalk) will not run, and neither will Train #1419 (the 6:30 from Bridgeport). They will both be combined into a new train #3419 which will make the combined stops. In addition, train #1427 (the 6:59am from Bridgeport) and Train #1437 (the 8:28am from South Norwalk) will both be annulled outright.

• Two holiday eve extra trains, one titled #3541 which leaves New Haven @8:24am and makes Bridgeport, Stamford, & Grand Central only, and the other one which departs New Haven at 5:14pm and also makes the same stops with Harlem-125 added will run.

• On the outbound side, the morning is the same but like usual, a couple of early afternoon holiday-eve trains will run. The first one #3536, will depart Grand Central Terminal at 2:28pm promptly, making Harlem-125, then running nonstop to Westport, and then make Fairfield and all stops to New Haven. The second train departs GCT at 2:56 pm and then makes Harlem, Larchmont, and all stops to Stamford. 

• In addition, #3538 & #3540 (the 3:03 & 3:27 holiday-eve trains from Grand Central) will also run and both make the same stops as #3536. 

• Shore Line East's through train from Stamford to New London will not run.

• Trains #1254 (the 5:18 pm from Grand Central making Harlem-125th St, New Rochelle - Harrison getting there at 6:00pm) and #1256 (the 5:21pm local from Grand Central to New Rochelle) will be combined into #3254 which will make the combined stops, but will only run on 11/27's holiday eve, and I think this combination is a very smart move on the MTA's part.

• Trains #1560, #1568 to New Haven, & #1470 to Bridgeport will be combined into a 5:21 pm making all combined stops. And finally, train #1572 (the 6:44p to New Haven) will not run.

Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, Nov. 28

Long Island Railroad-

• When I originally wrote this, they hadn’t posted the information, but to my pleasant surprise they posted the schedules yesterday.

• The LIRR will operate on a HOLIDAY schedule.

• The LIRR will operate a total of six additional westbound trains early Thursday morning for those going to see the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. 

• On the Babylon Branch heading WB, the first extra is #6143 which will operate just 5 minutes behind #6207 and will depart Babylon at 6:24 AM, make Lindenhurst at 6:29am, and make all stops to Rockville Centre, and Penn Station at 7:34. The second extra, #6243, will depart Babylon at 7:02am, make all stops to Rockville Centre, Jamaica, and Grand Central Terminal at 8:14am. The third and final extra, #6145, will depart Babylon at 7:27, make all stops thru Rockville Centre, Jamaica, and Penn at 8:41. I think these extras are timed perfectly for the parade! I even think the first one should be a regular train and replace #6207. 

• On the Ronkonkoma Branch, heading WB, the first extra, #7941, will depart Ronkonkoma at 6:15am, make all stops thru Hicksville, Mineola, Jamaica, and Penn Station at 7:37am. The second extra, #8141, will depart Farmingdale! @7:01am, make all stops to Jamaica, and Penn Station at 8:02am. The third extra, #8041, will depart Ronkonkoma at 6:48am and make all stops to Hicksville, Mineola, Jamaica, and Grand Central at 8:11. 

• Their will be eight additional extra eastbound trains for those coming home from the parade in the early afternoon.

• On the Babylon Branch heading EB, the first extra, #6140, will depart Pennsylavania Station at 11:32am, and stop at Jamaica, before making Lynbrook and every single stop to Babylon. The second extra, #6142, will depart Penn Station at 12:08pm and make Jamaica, Rockville Centre, and all stops. The third extra, #6240, will depart Grand Central at 12:28pm, make Jamaica, Lynbrook, and all stops to Babylon. The fourth and final extra, #6242, will depart Grand Central at 12:48pm and make Jamaica, Rockville Centre, and all stops.

• On the way home on Ronkonkoma, the first extra, #7940, departs Penn Station at 11:20, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, and all stops to Farmingdale arriving there at 12:22pm. The second extra departs Grand Central Terminal at 12:13pm, makes Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, and all stops to Ronkonkoma besides Pinelawn. The third extra, #7942, departs Penn Station at 12:34pm, makes Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, Bethpage, Farmingdale, and all stops to Ronkonkoma. The fourth and final extra, #8042, departs Grand Central at 12:51pm, makes Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, Bethpage, Farmingdale, and all stops to Ronkonkoma, arriving there at 2:10pm. There’s also one extra train that departs Grand Central at 12:42pm, and makes Jamaica, New Hyde Park, and all stops to Huntington, but there’s no WB equivalent. 

The Hudson Line-

• There will be 3 additional trains out of Poughkeepsie early for the parade. There will also be one additional inbound train out of Poughkeepsie at 7:38pm making New Hamburg, Beacon, Peekskill, Croton-Harmon, Harlem-125, and GCT.

• A Thanksgiving-only train, #4817, will depart Grand Central Terminal at 10:48am and then stop at Harlem-125th St, Croton-Harmon, and all stops to Poughkeepsie. They will also operate an additional train departing GCT at 10:52 and it will make Harlem-125, then run express to Marble Hill before making every stop to Croton-Harmon.

• 2 trains to Poughkeepsie, #4119 & #4821 will depart Grand Central 20 minutes apart (11:28 & 11:48) and then will make Harlem-125, and all the regular stops to Poughkeepsie. They will then operate an extra train, train #4725, departing the crowded train shed at 11:52 and then making Harlem, Marble Hill, and all stops to Croton-Harmon.

• A Thanksgiving-only train, #4823, will depart Grand Central Terminal at 12:08pm and make Harlem-125, Croton-Harmon, and all regular stops to Poughkeepsie, followed by #4825 making the same stops exactly 20 mins later, and #4127 also 20 minutes later. Then there’s #4729, which makes Harlem-125, Yankees E 153rd St, Marble Hill, and all stops to Croton-Harmon. I’ve decided not to continue after this as it’s just so difficult to cover all these extras

The Harlem Line-

• On The Harlem Line, MN is assigning three extra trains into Grand Central. These trains will depart Southeast at 5:29, 6:29, and 7:29, and the first one will make all stops to White Plains before Harlem-125 & New York. The other two will make all stops to Crestwood, and then fly into Harlem. These trains will arrive GCT at 7:10, 8:10, 9:10am. 

• Heading back from Grand Central, a new train, #4219, will depart Grand Central at 9:40, make Harlem-125, White Plains and all stops to Southeast besides Mount Pleasant. 

• The 10:12am trip from Grand Central to Crestwood will be annulled for an unknown reason. And, a new extra, #4221, will depart Grand Central at 10:40, make Harlem, White Plains, and all stops. The next extra train, #4223, will depart Grand Central at 11:00am, make Harlem-125th St, White Plains, Chappaqua, Mount Kisco, Katonah, Crotonfalls, Brewster, Southeast. 

• A new extra train, #4221, will depart Grand Central at 11:40, make Harlem, White Plains, and all stops.

• Following that, #4227, will depart Grand Central at 12:00pm make Harlem, White Plains, Chappaqua, Mount Kisco, Katonah, Crotonfalls, Brewster, Southeast. 

• Following that, #4229, will depart Grand Central at 12:31pm make Harlem, White Plains, Chappaqua, Mount Kisco, Katonah, Crotonfalls, Brewster, Southeast. 

• Following that, #4231, will depart Grand Central at 1:00pm make Harlem, White Plains, Chappaqua, Mount Kisco, Katonah, Crotonfalls, Brewster, Southeast. 

The Danbury Branch-

• Metro-North will operate one thru-train each on this special day. The inbound train will depart Danbury Union Station at 6:08am, make all stops to Stamford, then Harlem-125 and NY-Grand Central at 8:17.

• The outbound train will depart Grand Central at 12:19pm, then make Harlem-125, Stamford, and all stops to Danbury. 

Black Friday - Friday, Nov 29

Long Island Railroad-

• The LIRR will operate on a normal WEEKDAY schedule.

• Train #2710, the off-season Cannonball will run.

• Off-peak fares will be in affect all day.

The Hudson Line:

• Metro-North is much more interesting, starting off in the AM rush hour when trains #718 (the 7:08 from Tarrytown) and #720 (the 7:09 from Croton-Harmon) will be combined to form #4720 which will make the combined stops of both trains.

• Train 836, the 7:03am super-express from Poughkeepsie will be annulled.

• A new train will depart Poughkeepsie at 8:50am, making New Hamburg & Beacon, followed by Peekskill, Croton-Harmon, Harlem-125th St, and Grand Central Terminal.

• To roundoff The Hudson Line on Thanksgiving Eve, Metro-North will operate 3 holiday-eve trains for people looking to get out of work early. 2 of these are 1:18 and 2:18pm super-expresses to Poughkeepsie, along with a 1:51p local to Croton-Harmon. In addition, train #736 (the 5:36pm from Grand Central making Tarrytown and all stops to Croton-Harmon) and train #761 (the 5:39 from Grand Central making Greystone, and all stops to Tarrytown

The Harlem Line:

• On The Harlem Line, train #520 (the 7:57a from Crestwood) and train #522 (the 7:53a from North White Plains) will combine into a new train titled #4522 which will depart North White Plains at 7:44 AM. 

• Train #729, which makes all stops from Southeast to Goldens Bridge, then North White Plains - Scarsdale, and Grand Central Terminal will be annulled outright.

• Interestingly, train 509, which conveniently departs Grand Central at 7:44am and makes White Plains and North White Plains only will be annulled outright.

• Trains #551 (the 4:45 pm making Harlem-125th St followed by Crestwood and all stops to NWP) and #351 (the 4:48 pm making Harlem-125th St followed by Mount Vernon West and then all stops to Crestwood) will be combined into #4551 which will depart at 4:45 and make the combined stops of both trains. I’d also like to point out that #573, the 7:08 pm express train that makes Hartsdale and all stops to North White Plains will also be removed from the schedule.

The New Haven Line:

• The New Haven Line is much bigger and more complex, but I'll try my best to explain today's changes as best as possible. Train #1417 (the 6:48a from South Norwalk) will not run, and neither will Train #1419 (the 6:30 from Bridgeport). They will both be combined into a new train #3419 which will make the combined stops. In addition, train #1427 (the 6:59am from Bridgeport) and Train #1437 (the 8:28am from South Norwalk) will both be annulled outright.

• Two holiday eve extra trains, one titled #3541 which leaves New Haven @8:24am and makes Bridgeport, Stamford, & Grand Central only, and the other one which departs New Haven at 5:14pm and also makes the same stops with Harlem-125 added will run.

• On the outbound side, the morning is the same but like usual, a couple of early afternoon holiday-eve trains will run. The first one #3536, will depart Grand Central Terminal at 2:28pm promptly, making Harlem-125, then running nonstop to Westport, and then make Fairfield and all stops to New Haven. The second train departs GCT at 2:56 pm and then makes Harlem, Larchmont, and all stops to Stamford. 

• In addition, #3538 & #3540 (the 3:03 & 3:27 holiday-eve trains from Grand Central) will also run and both make the same stops as #3536. 

• Shore Line East's through train from Stamford to New London will not run.

• Trains #1254 (the 5:18 pm from Grand Central making Harlem-125th St, New Rochelle - Harrison getting there at 6:00pm) and #1256 (the 5:21pm local from Grand Central to New Rochelle) will be combined into #3254 which will make the combined stops, but will only run on 11/27's holiday eve, and I think this combination is a very smart move on the MTA's part.

• Trains #1560, #1568 to New Haven, & #1470 to Bridgeport will be combined into a 5:21 pm making all combined stops. And finally, train #1572 (the 6:44p to New Haven) will not run.

Saturday & Sunday - Nov 30 & Dec 1

Long Island Railroad-

• The LIRR will run on a WEEKEND schedule.

The Hudson Line-

• The Hudson Line will run on a WEEKEND schedule, with no changes.

The Harlem Line-

• As with the Hudson Line, no changes.

The New Haven Line- 

• Unlike her counterparts, The New Haven line will offer a couple of trains today in both directions. These trains are scheduled to run Saturdays only 11/30 through 12/28. The first four trains, #3515, #3517, #3521, & #3523 will depart New Haven at 8:05, 8:29, 9:26, and 9:58am respectively, and the first two will make all stops to Fairfield, then Westport, South Norwalk, Darien, Stamford, Harlem-125, and Grand Central. The latter two will make New Haven, West Haven, Bridgeport, Fairfield-Metro, Fairfield, South Norwalk, Stamford, Harlem-125, and Grand Central. 

• Heading back to New Haven, the first extra train will depart Grand Central at 4:53, make Harlem-125, then run nonstop to Westport, Fairfield, and all local stops to New Haven (getting there at 6:46pm). The second extra train will depart Grand Central Terminal at 5:59pm, make Harlem-125, then run nonstop to Westport, Fairfield, and all local stops to New Haven (getting there at 7:53pm). The third & fourth extra trains will make the same stops as the previous one, except departing at 6:59pm & 7:59pm and arriving New Haven at 8:53 and 9:53pm.

The Saturday & Sunday following Thanksgiving are usually known to be the busiest weekend for rail travel in the country. While it may not be as busy as a usual day on commuter railroads such as LIRR, Amtrak, for example, gets floods of reservations for people wanting to go home all over the country. In some cases, there is so much demand that they operate extra trains!

I apologize for any typos I have made, or if this is confusing, this has been a very rewarding but difficult post to make, so, I urge you to also check the official timetables.

So if your travelling this Thanksgiving season, whether to see family on 11/27, the famous parade on 11/28, or even to make use of the Black Friday deals on 11/28, try taking the train this holiday season as there's good & reliable service almost everywhere that will be perfectly willing to get you places just as fast, or faster!

Photos: Oyster Bay 11/2024

 

Late Friday Links 11/22

Happy Friday everyone! It’s been a while and here are a good couple of articles for your commute home (and for your enjoyment):

• Van Ritshie, voice of MNR & LIRR announcements died at 80 - NBC

Van Ritshie, the iconic voice of announcements on the C3, M7, M7A, and M8 cars has tragically died of old age at 80. I really loved his announcements and I grew up with them, and I think it’s very sad he died, but his legacy will live on for years. I advise you that next time you hear “This Station Is” or “Watch The Gap” on your LIRR/MNR trip, pay tribute to him.

• LIRR's Iconic 'Ronkonkoma' voice dies at 80 - Greater Long Island

I decided to include an additional article because of my failure to make a post and because of the sadness of this event and in tribute of him. Rest in peace Van Ritshie, you’ll be truly missed.

• MNR Unveils New Locomotives

I decided not to make a post for this, but the long-awaited Siemens Charger SC42-DM locomotives have finally been unveiled. They are expected to enter service in early 2025, though who knows if they will at this point, and I expect to go see them early on!!!!!

• SIR R211s Sidelined

The New York City Subway’s “Staten Island Railway” New R211S cars that just entered service around a month ago have already been sidelined due to signal issues. I don’t care for the Staten Island Railway very much at all, but I hope that they fix the issue.

If you’re riding the rails this weekend, it’s important to note that this weekend (7) trains will not run between Queensboro Plaza and 34 St - Hudson Yards, (F) trains will not run between Coney Island and Church Avenue, (G) trains will not run between Church Avenue and Hoyt-Schermerhorn St and will run in two sections, (2) trains aren’t running between Franklin Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, (L) trains aren’t running between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues and Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, (3) trains aren’t running between New Lots Avenue and Chambers St, and (Q) trains aren’t running between Brighton Beach. 

Other than that, there’s a lot of cool stuff coming next week, and Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Have a good weekend!

MTA: No train service to Rockaways for 4 months next year

I'm sleepily writing this post after basketball tryouts, so I'm exhausted and please forgive any typos that may come up. Earlier this evening, I heard that the MTA is shutting down train service to the Rockaways for 4 months from January 17 to May 19, 2025. 

During this shutdown, (A) trains will terminate at Howard Beach-JFK Airport in both directions, and the Rockaway Park Shuttle trains will not run at all. The MTA stated that they are doing this to repair bridges that were extensively damaged during Hurricane Sandy, which I could definitely see.

Now, the Rockaways is the undoubtedly the least used portion of the New York City Subway, but it did come as a surprise, and it will still affect over 9,000 riders, and for many of them, the subway is one of the only modes of transportation into Manhattan. They will be running free Q97 busses from Howard Beach to Far Rockaway, and free Q109 busses from Howard Beach to Beach 67 St and Beach 90 St. They also said that "enhanced train service for LIRR is being considered."

Printed or Digital?

In March of 2021, LIRR & MNR ended the days of consulting to paper timetables as a cost-cutting measure approved in the MTA's 2021 budget. Ever since the first days of the LIRR back in the 1830s,  the LIRR has been printing these timetables, but as of March of 2021, is relying on passengers to either 1. Print the timetables, 2. View them on the website or use TrainTime, or 3. Use the station announcement information, which isn't always right. 

The last set of paper branch timetables was at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as since then it's been tweaking it's schedules all the more often to try to meet new ridership demand, while balancing capacity and costs —the railroad issued about 18 different schedule revisions over the course of 3 weeks, showing how desperate they were to keep up. If they were to update this every one of those time, it would be very difficult, costly, and wasteful. The very last set of paper timetables that was distributed were the March 9, 2020 timetables, right as the pandemic was making it's way into New York. They seam to have printed a batch of schedules that were supposed to go into effect on May 18, 2020, however, they ended up being cancelled. 

The LIRR & MNR previously printed multiple times of timetables, the normal ones for each line, along with some smaller, pocket-sized ones that featured only a few stations (e.g Sayville, Oakdale, & Great River). In 2019, however, as a cost-cutting measure, the LIRR eliminated these individual station timetables due to usage-declining.

Unlike there unlikely counterparts, the normal paper timetables held on, with the LIRR printing 3 million a year for little cost as advertisements paid the company printing the schedules. However, as the digital age became more apparent and more and more and more and more people became digital, the usage of these paper branch timetables declined, especially since it can be very cumbersome to view in paper form- especially on branches that have a lot of trains.

The Digital Age

With the elimination of the paper timetables, riders must either print the timetables a head of time, use the amazing TrainTime app, or look at the schedules via the MTA website.

PDF timetables

The LIRR's Timetables page still offers the full PDF timetables for each branch along with special event & trackwork timetables, and this page is a good one, it's easy for the average Dashing Dan to find, yet it's authoritative, and provides everything needed.

Now, I gotta admit, I think the LIRR's old (as seen there) and the LIRR's new (as seen below) timetable pages are nicely done, something that is rather rare to find on the MTA's website. 

However, since the beginning of time, I've always thought it's rather difficult to read the LIRR's PDF timetables, now, after years of practice, I've gotten better at it, but especially for people that aren't very familiar with the LIRR, it can be quite confusing, and I think the LIRR should redesign the PDF timetables into a format that's a little easier to read, and while the LIRR isn't terrible (I'm looking at you New Jersey Transit!), there's certainly room for improvement. 

Metro-North, the LIRR's sister, has already revamped their timetables to make them much more elegant and simpler and because I'm fond of their design, and that is now the generally the style I use when I'm making example timetables for the site (yup, their coming, stay tuned!!!!!!!!).

I'm still in the process of making my new timetables, but I wanted to get this post out, so I decided to borrow The LIRR Today's timetables for this photo, but this gives you a pretty good rough estimate about what it will look like for my secret project 👀

TrainTime

TrainTime, ahh, TrainTime, the MTA's online app trip-planning tool and a railfanner's BFF (nah, the Radar is, but this is second)

To be honest, I think that this is one of those few things that the LIRR really put all of their effort into and therefore, it came out as a very clean, published, application with very few issues.

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Example shown below:

Daylight Savings Time and the MTA (Fall 2024 Edition)

Daylight Savings Time comes to an end at 2:00 AM tomorrow morning for most of the United States. This time around, we "fall" back an hour and at 2:00 AM, we set the clocks back an hour to 1AM and we get an extra hour of sleep.

Since all of the MTA's territory observes Daylight Savings Time (DST), the MTA must make some adjustments to the schedules to transition smoothly back to Eastern Standard Time.

On Sunday, there are essentially two 1am hours. I decided to break this up across the MTA system.

Long Island Railroad-

For the Long Island Railroad, what basically happens is that all trains that leave their terminal during the Eastern Daylight Hour, the first 1:00am hour, will operate normally, While all trains that were scheduled to depart during the second 1:00 AM (Eastern Standard Hour) will be annulled.

So, if your standing at Penn Station, after midnight Sunday morning, the trains that depart in the 12:00 AM hour will do so as normal, then the clock will strike 1, at this point, the 1:09 AM to Ronkonkoma, 1:34 AM to Huntington, and 1:57 AM to Long Beach will depart as if it were a normal night. Then when the clock strikes 1:59 AM, by playing the magic of Daylight Savings Time game, the clock will blink back to 1:00 AM, and at this point, there will be no trains departing during this hour. It's not like these will run again. Then, after an hour of nothingness, the clock will strike 1:59, then 2:00 AM and everything will proceed as normal again!

However, as you may have noticed, that huge 1 hour gap with nothing scheduled won't make passengers very happy. In past years, the LIRR has added a couple extra trains to the schedule during the second 1:00am hour. The LIRR has added a train #9100, a 1:48 AM EST departure to Babylon stopping at Woodside, Jamaica, Rockville Centre and all stops, getting there at 3:02 AM. They also operate a second train in the second 1:00 AM EST hour to Ronkonkoma, stopping at Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, and all stops (besides Pinelawn) to Ronkonkoma. 

Now, it's looks pretty weird on TrainTime as the LIRR doesn't make it that clear that there's two 1AM hours. On TrainTime, the 1:09 AM from Penn Station to Ronkonkoma stops at Hicksville at 1:54 AM, then stops at Bethpage at 1:00 AM, making it rather confusing, and I think they could do a slightly better job as it was even confusing for researching for this post.

Since, in theory, all trains will operate, there will be no missing equipment turns at terminals, and the two extra trains will hurry back west whenever it's convenient for the LIRR.

Metro-North Railroad & NJTransit-

This daylight savings time problem is a problem that is rather unique to the LIRR. The vast majority of transit agencies conclude service for the day around 1am, then start running trains the next morning around 4-5am. So, most other companies wouldn't have a problem with Daylight Savings Time. Metro-North & NJTransit do not have a single 2AM departure, so that means that they do not have to provide extra services, and those few trains that are running are most likely equipment moves or are just discharging passengers. 

New York City Subway- 

I thought i'd just briefly cover this: to my knowledge, the subway headways will continue as normally during the second 1:00am hour.

Amtrak-

Amtrak, unlike most of the others, operates trains all over the US, and many of them operate fully or partly overnight. But,  Amtrak's plan makes much less sense, in my opinion, then the MTA's. Here's what Amtrak does: In the spring, when the clock moves forward an hour all of their trains become instantly late, and they try to play this game of making up the time en route. When your train is on it's merry way and suddenly the clocks switch back to 1am, your train advances towards it's next scheduled station and then waits a whole extra hour until it's scheduled departure time.

So, yeah, that's the time change, I tried to make this as easy to comprehend as possible, but if I did make any mistakes, please let me know or leave a comment below if you have any questions, and remember to set your clocks back on Saturday night!