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Ronkonkoma Branch gets hourly service Mon thru Fri Starting March 27.

Posted by Chicago44 on Thu Mar 26 17:57:57 2020

When I saw the reduced Mon thru Fri Ronkonkoma Branch timetable that starts March 27, it has trains running every hour during rush hours except for the 5:00 AM & 5:30 AM trains out of Ronkonkoma.

I wonder if trains that run hourly during the AM to Penn Station & PM Ronkonkoma rush hours is going to be crowded.

Why couldn't they run half hour trains during the AM to Penn Station & PM Ronkonkoma rush hours like they do for Presidents Day or on Thanksgiving morning for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

This line is a busy line.

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Re: Ronkonkoma Branch gets hourly service Mon thru Fri Starting March 27.

Posted by Charles G on Thu Mar 26 19:25:45 2020, in response to Ronkonkoma Branch gets hourly service Mon thru Fri Starting March 27., posted by Chicago44 on Thu Mar 26 17:57:57 2020.

The Ronkonkoma line is a busy line in normal times. These are not normal times.

Overall LIRR ridership is down somewhere in the neighborhood of 80% (I've seen two figures in recent days, one around 66% and another around 90%).

The LIRR has had about a week now to see what ridership looks like. The 30 minute service in the very early morning makes sense, as the Ronkonkoma branch always had a lot of construction workers (who tend to start and finish early) and many construction projects are not stopping. Offices around Manhattan, on the other hand, are largely empty. These are the jobs that typically are mid-to-late rush hour.

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Re: Ronkonkoma Branch gets hourly service Mon thru Fri Starting March 27.

Posted by sloth on Thu Mar 26 23:58:14 2020, in response to Ronkonkoma Branch gets hourly service Mon thru Fri Starting March 27., posted by Chicago44 on Thu Mar 26 17:57:57 2020.

There are no passengers at Penn. A few skells and misrouted pigeons. You could do hourly service with 6 car consists right now.

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Re: Ronkonkoma Branch gets hourly service Mon thru Fri Starting March 27.

Posted by Jsun21 on Fri Mar 27 03:06:45 2020, in response to Re: Ronkonkoma Branch gets hourly service Mon thru Fri Starting March 27., posted by sloth on Thu Mar 26 23:58:14 2020.

Agreed, the real focus should be the Construction trains and the hospital shift changes. Every once in a while I get a random Brooklyn train with 100 riders (still mostly favoring the front of the train despite social distancing).

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