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The LIRR will suspend service to some Queens, Brooklyn stations this weekend
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The LIRR will suspend service to some Queens, Brooklyn stations this weekend

The Long Island Rail Road will suspend service to several stations in Queens and Brooklyn this weekend for track maintenance and switch replacement, MTA officials said Thursday.

The LIRR will stop trains between Jamaica and Atlantic Terminal beginning at 9 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Monday, the MTA announced.

The last trains running on Friday evening will leave Jamaica at 20:44 and Atlantic Terminal at 20:51

Subway service will be available in lieu of LIRR trains to Atlantic Terminal, and subway stations will honor free LIRR tickets at Penn Station, Herald Square, Barclays Center, Fulton Street, Nostrand Street, and at Broadway Junction.

LIRR passengers can present LIRR tickets to station agents at each subway station.

Also, the MTA is not running J trains to Jamaica, C trains are not running and A trains are stopped at Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.

Service changes, with some skipped stops on LIRR trains in Queens, are planned to continue through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

On Friday, westbound trains will run non-stop from Jamaica to Manhattan, skipping service at Forest Hills, Woodside and Kew Gardens. Trains on the Port Washington line will still stop at Woodside in both directions.

Queens passengers can enter the subway for free at Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue, Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike Forest Hills-71 Avenue and Woodside-61st Street.