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Sachem LIRR Riders To See Schedule Enhancements
MTA using state funding to add trains on the Ronkonkoma branch.
Commuters that frequent the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road station will soon have more service from which to choose.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) would make use of state funding to provide new service improvements and customer enhancements for the nation’s largest transportation system.
Among the improvements will be several schedule enhancements to the LIRR’s Ronkonkoma branch, which includes Deer Park.
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• Service every half-hour on weekends will be established in both directions to Ronkonkoma.
• A new 4:09 p.m. weekday train will run from Penn Station to Ronkonkoma.
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• A new 7 p.m. weekday train will run from Ronkonkoma to Penn Station.
“For the second year in a row, the state has invested in significant enhancements and expansions to our state's transit system that will improve the experience of the eight million commuters who use the MTA,” said Cuomo.
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