Hempstead Branch
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Current Service Alerts
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Upcoming Service Alerts
Planned - Stops Skipped — Westbound trains skip Elmont-UBS Arena, Queens Village, and Hollis
MTA buses will accept LIRR tickets for travel from Queens Village and Hollis to Jamaica. View a map of your route options.
Elmont-UBS Arena riders should use Bellerose station instead.
Follow this link for information about transferring at the Jamaica Bus Terminal.
What's happening?
Planned - Stops Skipped — Westbound trains skip Elmont-UBS Arena, Queens Village, and Hollis
MTA buses will accept LIRR tickets for travel from Hollis and Queens Village to Jamaica. View a map of your route options.
NICE buses will accept LIRR tickets for travel from Elmont-UBS Arena to Jamaica.
Follow this link for information about transferring at the Jamaica Bus Terminal.
What's happening?
Planned - Part Suspended — No Hempstead Branch trains between Manhattan and Floral Park
Trains run between Floral Park and Hempstead only. Transfer at Floral Park for Huntington or Ronkonkoma Branch trains to and from Manhattan.
For Hollis and Queens Village:
Hourly eastbound service will be available on Huntington trains.
MTA buses will accept LIRR tickets for westbound travel to Jamaica.
For Elmont-UBS Arena:
Eastbound service will be available on Huntington and Ronkonkoma trains.
NICE Bus will accept LIRR tickets for westbound travel to Jamaica.
Bellerose station is closed. NICE Bus will accept LIRR tickets on the nearby n24.
What's happening?
Recently Resolved Service Alerts
Some Delays — Westbound Main Line and Hempstead trains have resumed stopping at Queens Village, Hollis, and Hillside-Employees following earlier switch trouble at Jamaica.
Stops Skipped — Westbound Main Line and Hempstead trains are bypassing Queens Village, Hollis, and Hillside-Employees due to switch trouble at Jamaica.
Maintainers are working to fix the issue.
Please take a westbound train to Jamaica and transfer for eastbound service to the affected stations. We will keep you updated.
Stations Served
This route stops at Atlantic Terminal, Bellerose, Country Life Press, East New York, Elmont-UBS Arena, Floral Park, Forest Hills, Garden City, Grand Central, Hempstead, Hillside Facility, Hollis, Jamaica, Kew Gardens, Nassau Boulevard, Nostrand Avenue, Penn Station, Queens Village, Stewart Manor and Woodside.
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