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LIRR Timetable printed in local Newspapers 6/22/1844 |
LIRR Timetable opening to main line Medford Station 6/26/1844 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 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
Fire Place: 6/26/1844 or Carman's
River (6/26/1844-6/1845). Renamed Yaphank 1846.
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Long Island Rail-Road Company Summer Arrangement Schedule 5 /01/1847 David S. Ives, Superintendent |
Long Island Railroad Co., Official Pocket Time Table 12/04/1873. 5 x 3 3/4 inches unfolding to 5 x 12 1/4 inches. A very early LIRR pocket time table, including timetables east and west bound for Sag Harbor Branch, Flushing Railroad, Long Island Railroad, Brooklyn Central Railroad, Hempstead & Glen Cove Branches |
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LIRR Timetable - 6/06/1861 | LIRR Timetable - 11/01/1862 | ||||
Suffolk Station was a stop from the very start. It appears on a newspaper timetable of 11/01/1844 and remains listed until the timetable of 6/06/1861 (above) which has it's name changed to North Islip. It remains North Islip for a period of time and gets changed back to Suffolk station around 1880 (per Art Huneke data). Holbrook also appears on the 6/06/1861 and 11/01/1862 timetable (right). Archive: Art Huneke Research: Dave Keller |
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LIRR Timetable - 10/04/1867 | LIRR Timetable - c.1870 | ||||
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 |
Woodbury became Cold Spring Harbor on 10/15/1880. This timetable doesn't indicate Cold Spring Harbor, the timetable would be pre-10/15/1880. The passenger service on the Creedmoor branch ended on that branch on April 30, 1879. Service is also indicated on the Glen Cove branch, to Locust Valley which was the then end-of-track which began in 1865. The timetable would have to be between 1865 and April 30, 1879. Research: Dave Keller |
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LIRR Timetable - 6/01/1882 - Summer Schedule | |||||
Summer Schedule - 6/01/1882 Archive: Tom Farrell |
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LIRR Timetable - 10/1884 | |||||
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Ticket Offices- Connections - Baggage |
Rockaway - Port Jefferson Branch |
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Glen Cove Branch - North Side Division |
Main Line |
Montauk Division |
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LIRR Timetable - 9/10/1894 | |||||
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Main Line |
Oyster Bay Branch |
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Hempstead-Mineola Express |
North Side Division - Port Jefferson Branch |
Montauk Division |
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Timetable Summer Schedule 7/01/1880 cover
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Timetable 6/29/1889 |
Timetable 6/1892 |
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Timetable 5/18/1927 - Named Trains are Highlighted |
"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 |
Through Parlor Car Service - Named Trains Hampton-Express and Montauk-Special timetable page 35 5/18/1927
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Timetable Main Line to Hicksville and Hempstead Branch 10/21/1913 Archive: Steve Melrose Note: This 1913 timetable covers the long gone line that went from Mineola to West Hempstead. It cut between NASSAU Tower and Mineola Station and headed south through Garden City, crossing Old Country Road and continuing south crossing Stewart Avenue, to a few hundred feet north (around Chestnut Street) of Country Life Press Station. Heading further south towards the Village of Hempstead, it veered heading southwest starting around Old Main Street in Hempstead. From there, basically straight into West Hempstead crossing Main Street, Franklin Avenue, Intersection Street, Atlantic Avenue, Hilton Avenue, Cathedral Avenue, Saint Paul's Road N, Hempstead Turnpike (Fulton Street), and Hempstead Avenue into the West Hempstead Station. Steve Melrose |
Form LI-1 World's Fair Timetable 9/17/1939 General Passenger Agent: A. H. Shaw |
Form LI-1 Timetable 6/22/1941 General Passenger Agent: C. G. Pennington Archive: Jerome Landesman |
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Timetable Montauk and Hamptons - 8/15/1957
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Form LI-2 Timetable 11/15/1948 New York, Brooklyn, Oyster Bay, Hicksville Asst. GPA: W. P. Eckfeldt Archive: Brad Phillips |
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Worlds Fair timetable 5/16/1965 Archive: Kevin Wong |
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
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LIRR Timetable Form LI-1 6/18/1961 |
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LIRR SPECIAL EVENT TIMETABLES |
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LIRR Special Timetable - Pope Francis Papal visit 9/25/2015 |
LIRR Service 2000 World Series NY Yankees - NY Mets |
LIRR Belmont Stakes schedule front 6/07/2014 |
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LIRR Timetable US Open 6/14/2004 to 6/20/2004 Shinnecock Hills Archive: Dave Keller |
LIRR Timetable US Open 06/15/2009 Archive: Al Castelli |
LIRR 101st PGA Championship - May 13-19, 2019 Bethpage, NY Archive: NRHS-LIST |
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LIRR Branch Line Timetable 50th Anniversary - First Issues Effective May 20, 1974 50 Years ago this month the LIRR issued the introductory set of eleven Branch line timetables. The format and color coding were based on previously issued Penn Central Metropolitan Region timetables created by the MTA for the Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines (which formed MNCR in 1983); Harlem Line-Blue; Hudson Line-Green and New Haven Line-Red. |
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New Haven Line May, 1974 Timetable: Introducing Our New "Cosmopolitans" (144 M2 dual-mode cars were being built in 1972-1973) The M2 MU cars were a joint order between the MTA and CDOT - an add-on order for 100 further M2 cars followed to make the fleet number 244. The M2 cars were built by General Electric and could run on both overhead catenary and third rail. |
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Harlem and Hudson Line May, 1974 Timetables: 178 "Metropolitans" are now in service (M1a Cars 8200-8377 built 1971-72) | Research: Mike McEnaney, Archivist Railroad Museum of Long Island Library (RMLI) | ||||
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The LIRR had a team of employees, including LIST's (Long Island Sunrise Trail-NRHS) Bob Sturm and Gene Collora, working behind the scenes to plan and create these new timetables which coincided with major LIRR system wide schedule changes. The LIRR eliminated their "old-folder" large format timetables in May-June 1972 leaving only the smaller TDI station timetables for about an 18 month period as the only Public timetables issued by the LIRR. The then-new 1974 Branch timetables filled a need for more informative schedule information. On the front there is a line map showing stations that were covered in each Branch Timetable.
The eleven timetable forms along
with their color in order are:
The LIRR Branch timetables would
eventually end up being issued for 46 years 1974 to 2020. The last
issues to the General Public were dated March 19 to May 17, 2020. May
18 to July 12, 2020 were printed but not distributed.
Research/Timetables: Mike McEnaney, Archivist Railroad Museum of Long
Island Library (RMLI) |
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Over time there were changes to these Branch Timetables, for example: |
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TDI TIMETABLES | |||||
The
Main Line (Calverton-Riverhead-Greenport) and Montauk Branch (east of
Speonk) had just TWO trains each way in the late 1950's/early 1960's era
outside of the Summer season seven days/week before Road n' Rail bus service
began in 1962.
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Woodside Timetable 6/22/1952 |
Woodside Timetable back 6/22/1952 |
Freeport Timetable 6/22/1952 |
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Valley Stream Timetable 6/22/1952 |
Valley Stream Timetable back 6/22/1952 |
Freeport Timetable back 6/22/1952 |
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Bay Shore Timetable back 5/1962 |
Bay Shore Timetable 10/1978 |
Bay Shore Timetable back 10/78 |
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Garden City-Country Life Press Timetable 6/1952 |
Garden City-Country Life Press Timetable back 6/1952 |
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Gibson Timetable 6/22/1952 |
Gibson Timetable back 6/22/1952 |
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Rockville Centre Timetable 6/22/1952 |
Rockville Centre Timetable back 6/22/1952 |
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Patchogue Timetable 6/22/1952 |
Patchogue Timetable back 6/22/1952 |
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Lakeview-Malverne Timetable 6/22/1952 |
Lakeview-Malverne Timetable back 6/22/1952 |
NY to Ronkonkoma-Manorville 3/15/1959 Archive: RMLI |
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Hempstead Timetable 10/15/1956 |
Hempstead Timetable back 10/15/1956 |
NY to Hamptons-Montauk 3/15/1961 Archive: RMLI |
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Mineola Timetable 3/16/1961 |
Mineola Timetable back 3/16/1961 |
Patchogue Timetable 12/15/1961 |
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Oyster Bay Timetable 12/15/1962 |
Oyster Bay Timetable back 12/15/1962 |
Patchogue Timetable back 12/15/1961 |
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Islip Timetable 10/13/1979 |
Islip Timetable back 10/13/1979 |
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Babylon Branch - Form 7- October 7, 1974 | |||||
Timetable Form 7 - Zone Fares Babylon Branch 10 /07/1974 Archive: John Cortino |
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LIRR Weekend Special Tours 1977 Timetable | |||||
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Weekend Special Tours back |
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Hamptons Reserve Cannonball Service 5/2011 Archive: Mike McEnaney |
Hamptons/Montauk Reserve Cannonball Service May 23rd-Sept 1st, 2014 Archive: Mike McEnaney |
Hamptons/Montauk Reserve Cannonball Service May 22nd-Sept 7th, 2015 Archive: Mike McEnaney |
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LIRR Babylon Branch timetable Form 7-TPSS-152 May 16th-July 12th, 2020 The last timetable of 2020 due to Covid-19. Archive: NRHS-LIST Steve Quigley |
LIRR Winter Weather Travel 1/2012 Archive: Mike McEnaney |
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New premium express non-stop "Cannonball East/West" direct from Penn Station to The Hamptons/Montauk and return with Hamptons Reserve Service. Issue for May 29-September 2, 2013 |
Timetable Form-12 TPSS-46 Forest Hills & Kew Gardens Sept 2nd-Noov 16th, 2014 Archive: Mike McEnaney
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Timetable Form 12-TPSS-81 Forest Hills & Kew Gardens Jan 6th-Mar 8th, 2020 The last small version timetable of 2020 due to Covid-19. Archive: NRHS-LIST Steve Quigley |
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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 |
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Jamaica Signal Modernization Project Oct 23-24 - Nov 6-7, 2010 Archive: Mike McEnaney |
Port Jefferson & Ronkonkoma Special Branch Timetable Oct 23-24 - Nov 6-7, 2010 Jamaica Signal Project "Zigzag" Train Archive: Mike McEnaney |
Port Jefferson & Ronkonkoma Special Branch Timetable Aug 25-26, 2007 bus bridge Mineola to Hicksville for Roslyn Rd., Bethpage Archive: Mike McEnaney |
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Summer timetable- Splish Splash Package 5/24/2014 - 9/01/2014 |
Special Timetable - St. Patrick's Day Parade Extra Service Port Jefferson Branch 3/17/2015 |
LIRR "Take the Train to the Plane" NY Area Airports 12/2019 |
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Special Timetable - Greenport Tall Ships Challenge |
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Hillside Facility Service Special Timetable June 26-29, 2015 Concrete Tie & Bridge waterproofing Archive: Mike McEnaney |
Hillside Facility - Boland's Landing Service 9/11/2012 Archive: Mike McEnaney |
Last paper timetable Hillside Facility 3/06/2021 Archive: NRHS-LIST Steve Quigley LIRR Boland's Landing digital timetable June 14 - September 6, 2021 MTA/LIRR Archive: NRHS-LIST Steve Quigley |
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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. |
10/21/2024