The MTA launched its summer schedule with the return of the Long Island Rail Road Hamptons express Cannonball service ahead of Memorial Day Weekend. The first seasonal train departed New York Penn Station at 4:07 p.m. on May 21. The Cannonball skips all stops between Penn Station and West Hampton, then stops at Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, and ends in Montauk. Service runs every Thursday and Friday through the summer, with specific date exceptions, and westbound trips depart the Hamptons on Sunday evenings. Tickets cost $33. The trip time is 92 minutes to West Hampton on Thursdays and 96 minutes on Fridays. Additional summer service includes a weekday Montauk extension starting Memorial Day and specified return trains from Montauk to the city.
"The MTA took its first plunge into the summer season on Thursday afternoon with the launch of its express Long Island Rail Road Hamptons service ahead of Memorial Day Weekend. MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and LIRR President Rob Free announced the return of the agency's Cannonball service ahead of the first such train of the season departing New York Penn Station at 4:07 p.m. on May 21. The service resumed just in time for the unofficial start of summer, and days after the MTA and five unions representing about half of the LIRR workforce resolved a three-day strike late Monday night."
"The Cannonball brings East End beach-goers directly to the Hamptons by skipping all stops between Penn Station and West Hampton. It then makes stops at Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, and terminates in Montauk. Summer is finally here, and it's time to enjoy that warm weather after that brutal winter, Free said during a Thursday afternoon news conference. And what better way to get to all the summer fun than taking the famous Cannonball to kick things off?"
"The service will run every Thursday and Friday out of Penn Station to the Hamptons this summer, with the exception of June 18 and 19, as well as July 2 and 3. The westbound Cannonball will depart the Hamptons on Sunday evenings, excluding this weekend, when it will head back to the city on Memorial Day. Cannonball tickets will run riders $33, according to Free. It promises to get passengers from Manhattan to West Hampton in 92 minutes on Thursdays and 96 minutes on Fridays."
"Additionally, starting on Memorial Day, the LIRR will run its 5:13 p.m. weekday service, which normally goes to Speonk, directly to Montauk throughout the summer. For service from Montauk directly back to the city, riders can take either the 11:36 a.m. and 4:17 p.m. trains. The MTA is also boosting subway and bus service to beaches within the five bor"
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