LIRR: Extra Trains For MLB All-Star Game Festivities

The Long Island Rail Road will provide extra train service direct to Citi Field during Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game and related festivities on Sunday through Tuesday and New York City Transit will run a special nostalgia train with many types of vintage subway cars on July 14, according to the MTA.

LIRR Port Washington Branch trains will provide service every half-hour– and more frequently when necessary -- to Mets-Willets Point Station to get fans to and from the events leading up to and including the 84th MLB All-Star Game. Fans traveling from Long Island on other LIRR branches can reach Citi Field by changing at Woodside, just a five-minute ride from the stadium, where the best players from the National League and American League will square off Tuesday night.

The extra LIRR service is in addition to MTA New York City Transit’s regular service to Citi Field on the train, which will be supplemented with extra trains when necessary. The other events at Citi Field are the All-Star Futures Game and the All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game on Sunday and All-Star Workout Day and Home Run Derby on Monday.

The LIRR and MTA New York City Transit subway and buses are also available for those traveling to other MLB All-Star Game activities. NYC Transit’s  train operates to Mets-Willets Point Station right next to Citi Field and will provide special super-express 7 trains after the last out of the Home Run Derby and All Star Game, with trains stopping at 61st St.-Woodside, Queensboro Plaza, Court Square, 42nd St. Grand Central, 5th Avenue-Bryant Park and Times Square-42nd St.

“The All-Star game will bring national attention to New York next week and the LIRR will be ready to provide extra service to get fans to Citi Field for the Home Run Derby on Monday and the All-Star game on Tuesday as well and to all the events leading up to the big game," said LIRR President Helena Williams in a press release. "Whether you are planning to attend the Fan Fest at the Javits Convention Center, the All-Star Charity Concert in Central Park on Saturday or the All-Star Red Carpet parade on Tuesday in the city, the LIRR is the fastest and most hassle-free way to go.”

Information from LIRR press release.