Weekend LIRR Service Reduced As Douglaston Station Is Renovated

DOUGLASTON, QUEENS — Weekend LIRR service on the Port Washington branch will run less often for the next few weekends to make room for renovation work at the Douglaston station, according to MTA officials.

Long Island Rail Road trains are running hourly instead of every 30 minutes on the Port Washington line for the next three weeks.

The service changes, which started this past weekend, will be in effect the weekends of March 14 to 15, March 21 to 22 and April 4 to 5.

On those weekends, all trains will arrive on and leave from the eastbound platform at the south side of the station.

The changes will enable Long Island Rail Road workers to rebuild the westernmost section of the Douglaston station's westbound platform, according to Aaron Donovan, a spokesperson for the MTA. Officials expect the work to take no longer than four weeks.

Funding for the renovation is coming from the LIRR's operating budget. The MTA spokesperson said he did not know the project's exact cost.

Other key schedule changes include:

• Friday night: The 11:54 p.m. train from Penn Station to Port Washington will depart six minutes earlier, at 11:48 p.m.
• Saturday/Sunday Morning: The 5:39 a.m. train from Port Washington to Penn Station will depart 32 minutes later, at 6:11 a.m. The 5:39 a.m. train from Port Washington to Penn Station will depart 32 minutes later, at 6:11 a.m.

Click here to view the LIRR's updated timetables.