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Travel times between LI and Brooklyn will increase by an average of 12.7 minutes. Even with more frequent service, total travel time for LI riders will get significantly longer due to up-and-over, untimed transfers. LIRR's proposed schedules are a disaster for Brooklyn riders. “I can already see the train I need to transfer to carelessly departing seconds before I can climb up and over from the stupid new Brooklyn shuttle platform,” tweeted an annoyed Jason Rabinowitz when he reviewed the plan for the shuttle service.Ĭommuter rail blogger LIRR Today also blasted the decision to move to mostly shuttle service between Brooklyn and Jamaica, claiming that because of the need to go “up and over” at Jamaica, “Travel times between Long Island and Brooklyn will increase by an average of 12.7 minutes.” I can already see the train I need to transfer to carelessly departing seconds before I can climb up & over from the stupid new Brooklyn shuttle platform.

I hate the plan to relegate Atlantic Terminal to shuttle status, while also eliminating timed connections at Jamaica. A transfer to or from the platform requires travelers to walk up and across the station, which some riders are already dreading. But the Brooklyn shuttle may rub commuters the wrong way because of its reliance on Platform F, the newest platform at Jamaica built near the AirTrain entrance. The new timetables and service to Grand Central mean much more service overall, including 44 additional morning rush hour trains to Manhattan (bringing the total morning rush hour trains to 159) and 60 additional afternoon peak trains. The agency highlighted what it’s calling a huge increase in service to Brooklyn, with trains running every 12 minutes during morning and afternoon peak hours and every 20 minutes during off-peak and weekends, which the agency says is a 50-percent increase in service compared to the current schedule.īut riders accustomed to heading to Brooklyn with a one-seat ride may not be thrilled with the draft schedule because trains to and from Brooklyn will mostly now work as shuttle trains between Atlantic Terminal and Jamaica, arriving and leaving at a designated platform on the southernmost side of the Jamaica hub. The MTA has revealed the Long Island Rail Road schedule updates for December 2022, when the Long Island Rail Road begins service into Grand Central Station Madison.