Long Island Rail Road is warning of big delays this evening leaving out of Penn. That derailment this morning is the culprit.
The following evening rush hour trains
will be canceled and combined:
- The 4:12 PM train from Penn Station to Massapequa Park (5:05 PM) will be combined with the 4:21 PM train from Penn Station to Freeport (5:03 PM) and make Jamaica, Rockville Centre then all stops to Massapequa Park.
- The 4:34 PM train from Penn Station to Babylon (5:39 PM) will be combined with the 4:37 PM train from Penn Station to Wantagh (5:28 PM) and make Rockville Centre and all stops to Babylon.
- The 4:57 PM train from Penn Station to Wantagh (5:42 PM) will be combined with the 5:01 PM train from Penn Station to Freeport (5:46 PM) and make Woodside, Jamaica, Rockville Centre then all stops to Wantagh.
- The 5:11 PM train from Penn Station to Port Washington (5:47 PM) will be combined with the 5:14 PM train from Penn Station to Great Neck (5:45 PM) and make all stops to Port Washington.
- The 5:20 PM from Penn Station to Long Beach (6:11 PM) will be combined with the 5:23 PM train from Penn Station to Long Beach, stopping at Jamaica, Locust Manor and then all stops to Long Beach.
- The 5:40 PM train from Penn Station to Seaford (6:30 PM) will be combined with the 5:47 PM train from Penn Station to Freeport and make Rockville Centre, then all stops to Seaford.
- The 5:50 PM train from Penn Station to Great Neck (6:19 PM) will be combined with the 5:56 PM train from Penn Station to Great Neck (6:31 PM), stopping at Woodside, then all stops to Great Neck.
- The 6:05 PM train from Penn Station to Wantagh (6:51 PM) will be combined with the 6:10 PM train from Penn Station to Freeport (6:54 PM) and make Rockville Centre, then all stops to Wantagh.
-- Chuck Bennett
Photo of derailment from AP
