Bedford: c.1836-1861, discontinued as station stop 1905.

Brushville: On timetable of 11/27/1837. Renamed "Queens". Discontinued 10/19/1871 with opening of "Inglewood" station one mile east at Creed Ave., Springfield  Ave. per ETT #3, eff: 6/1897.

Branch: 1837 As "Hempstead." this was  the stage connection to Hempstead. Station does not appear on timetables of 1838. Depot  probably opened in July 1839  with opening of LIRR branch to Hempstead. Depot named  "Branch" as a result. Later  named "Hempstead Branch." renamed “Mineola” on timetable of June 4, 1862.

Thompson: 6/24/1842 with opening of LIRR to that point. "Thompson" on timetable of
10/24/1862. Closed: 12/1869 and station stop relocated to Brentwood.

Suffolk Station: 7/14/1842 at Islip Ave. Appears as "North Islip" on 1861, 1862 and 1867 timetables (Art Huneke data). Closed: 1873 when Central Islip station opened further east at
Carleton Ave., Central Islip

Fire Place: 6/26/1844 or Carman's River (6/26/1844-6/1845).  Renamed Yaphank 1846.
Research: Dave Keller's Station History

Benedicts' Time LIRR published timetable 11/04/1867 Archive: Art Huneke
Note: Main line mileage from Hunters Point, LI City

Thompsons on timetables of 10/24/1862. Closed: 12/1869 and station stop relocated
to Brentwood.  North Islip on 1861, 1862 and 1867 timetables per Art Huneke data.
Closed: 1873 when Central Islip station opened further east at Carleton Ave.  Research: Dave Keller

Timetable Summer Schedule 7/01/1880 cover

Timetable Manhattan Beach 06/1884

Timetable reverse 06/29/1889

Timetable reverse 6/1892

"LIRR Trains operate on Daylight Saving Time, which differs
by one hour from the Eastern Standard shown by clocks in Pennsylvania Station" notice - 5/18/1927

Parlor car Washington-Montauk timetable 6/26/1927

World's Fair 9/17/1939

Timetable Main Line to Hicksville and Hempstead Branch
10/21/1913  Archive: Steve Melrose

Timetable Montauk and Hamptons 8/15/1957 

Timetable reverse Montauk and Hamptons 8/15/1957

This is among the last editions prior to the establishment of the MTA (originally MCTA) as a quasi-independent state agency and public takeover of LIRR in late 1965. At press time (May 1, 1965) the World's Fair had been open as of Wednesday, April 21, but the 1965 World's Fair schedule (and summer 1965 schedules) appeared on Sunday, May 16. The schedules here are those in effect as of May 1, 1965 (winter/spring 1965 schedules effective September 1964 or December 15, 1964). Research: Kevin Wong

40 Years of LIRR Branch Timetables 1974-2014

Effective on May 20,1974 - The LIRR issued its first set of eleven Branch Line timetables...

I believe that these timetables were designed by the MTA to be similar to the three route timetables that began issue on Penn Central's Metropolitan region back in the early 70s: Hudson Line (medium green); Harlem Line (medium blue) and New Haven Line (bright red).

The LIRR timetables, their colors and the original stations covered by them were:

Form 1-Port Washington Branch (scarlet red) from Elmhurst thru Port Washington
Form 2-Port Jefferson Branch (dark blue) from New Hyde Park and Huntington to Port Jefferson
Form 3-Ronkonkoma Branch (purple) from Grumman and Bethpage to Ronkonkoma
Form 4-Oyster Bay Branch (lime green) from East Williston to Oyster Bay
Form 5-Hempstead Branch (beige) from Union Hall Street and Hollis to Hempstead
Form 6-Far Rockaway Branch (brown) from Locust Manor and Valley Stream to Far Rockaway
Form 7-Babylon Branch (turquoise green) from Rockville Centre to Babylon AND PATCHOGUE
Form 8-Long Beach Branch (orange) from Lynbrook to Long Beach
Form 9-West Hempstead Branch (light blue) from St. Albans and Springfield Gardens to Westwood and West Hempstead
Form 10-City Terminal Zone (gray) covers Penn Station-Long Island City-Hunterspoint Ave.-Flatbush Ave/Brooklyn and Jamaica
Form 11-Eastern Long Island (black) covers Bellport to Montauk and Holtsville to Greenport and both Road N' Rail bus routes...

Over time there were changes to these Branch Timetables such as:

1.The stations and lines that were covered, e.g. the shift of Bay Shore thru Patchogue to the Eastern Long Island timetable by 1979.

2. In 1983 the Montauk Branch timetable was created and the Ronkonkoma to Greenport service was placed in the Ronkonkoma Branch timetable. 

3. In January 1988 New Hyde Park, Merillon Avenue and Mineola were placed in the Oyster Bay Branch timetable (until 1992?).

4.  In the 1980s, in particular, the LIRR began to regularly print special branch timetables for track work and other LIRR projects and additionally beginning during the late 80s special timetables like the NY Mets Shea Stadium and Belmont Park began to be issued.

During the early to mid 90s the LIRR experimented with different printing and formats in the Branch Timetables and by the late 90s the current format with black and white printing and some use of the line color became standard. During these years the Montauk Branch timetable began to use teal as its color replacing black and the folder numbers were shifted between the Montauk Branch (becoming Form 10) and the City Terminal Zone (becoming Form 11).

The TDI Station Timetables (TDI Publications, Inc. 16 East 42nd Street, NY) have also underwent changes of their own:  Back before December 1968 they were issued quarterly with seasonal colors: Blue-Winter; Spring-Brown; Summer-Green and Fall-Red and with the December 1968 issues Dashing Dan was dropped for the MTA M logo and all issues from that point until sometime in 1974 - when they began to be issued in the matching Branch Line timetable color - they were all in blue - and for about a two year stretch beginning in mid 1972 - when the older LIRR timetable folders were discontinued - these were the only timetables that were available to the public. Research: Gary Farkash  

This was the first time in LIRR history that the Cannonball departed from Penn station. Prior to this date on the timetable, the Cannonball had always departed from Hunterspoint Avenue.  The first stop after Penn was Westhampton, it did not stop at Jamaica as in prior years.  I was on that 1st train from Penn in one of the 2 Hampton's Reserve cars. Reserve seating and waiter/waitress service at your seat. No standees in the 2 Hampton's Reserve cars.  The Cannonball was soon becoming  too popular and crowded. One train had 1,800 passengers with 1200 seats! The LIRR had to limit the number of passengers on the Cannonball to twelve cars and two DM locomotives. This year was the 1st time since WWII that the LIRR did NOT run the Cannonball.  Archive: NRHS-LIST  Steve Quigley

The LIRR discontinued the printing of Branch timetables May 16th-July 12th, 2020. The last issues of all 11 forms to the public were dated March 9th-May 17th, 2020.

With the implementation of the Essential Service Schedules and cutbacks timetable printing was discontinued for all 11 timetable forms and for any special schedule and service changes.

MNCR also discontinued printing their four timetable forms: Harlem, Hudson, New Haven and Port Jervis/Pascack Valley Line timetables around the same time during 2020. However...The LIRR printed - but did not distribute - timetables dated May 18 to July 12, 2020 which would have been the regular Summer 2020 schedule changes. LIST-NRHS has a limited quantity of these rare timetables available. (sale or donation to LIST-NRHS)

This change ended 46 years of LIRR printed Branch timetables...May 20, 1974 were the first issues. Info: Mike McEnaney