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Travel Alert: LIRR’s Babylon Branch to undergo line work Feb. 29 – March 1

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The Babylon Branch is scheduled for servicing this upcoming weekend, Feb. 29 to March 1.

The MTA announced rides between Babylon and Rockville Centre will be suspended as “critical work” will be done on the Meadowbrook Substation in Freeport and the new Massapequa Pocket Track.

Train service between Rockville Centre and Penn Station will run hourly, instead of its normal times.

There are still options for those who want to travel using this line, they are:

Westbound: Customers at stations Babylon through Baldwin will board buses to Rockville Centre, then transfer for hourly train service to points west. Customers at Babylon Station can board a limited number of westbound Montauk Branch trains that will operate via the Central Branch through Hicksville to points west.

Eastbound: Board hourly trains to Rockville Centre, then transfer for bus service to stations Baldwin through Babylon.

You should tack on an additional 45 minutes than usual for travel time, according to the MTA.

Top: Babylon train station (credit: Google Maps)

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