LIRR adding extra trains for parade

LIRR adding extra trains for parade

The Long Island Rail Road logo is shown on the side of a LIRR commuter train, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Long Beach branch in Long Beach, N.Y. Speaking to a meeting of the Long Island Association Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said $5.6 billion in upgrades will transform the Long Island Rail Road and help make up for decades of neglect. The work will involve laying 10 miles of new track to ease congestion along the busiest part of the rail road, along with the replacement of 20 miles of aging track. Stations will be renovated, parking will be added and signal switches and other equipment will be upgraded. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

The Long Island Rail Road will operate additional trains on Thanksgiving Day for the Macy’s parade in Manhattan.

Six extra LIRR trains will travel westbound from Long Island between 6 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. — three each on the Babylon and Ronkonkoma lines — and five extra trains will depart east from Penn Station between 11:45 a.m. and 1:25 p.m., with two on the Babylon line and three headed toward Ronkonkoma.

(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)