It is great news that half-hour weekend service on the Port Washington line will be restored. Thanks go to Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas Prendergast and Long Island Rail Road President Helene Williams for the funding.
It will now be easier to attend Met games, other Citi Field, US Open, Arthur Ashe stadium, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens Zoo and Madison Square Garden activities, along with Broadway shows. This proves once again why it pays to live in Great Neck, Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside, Auberndale and other northeast Queens neighborhoods.
Those of us in the know live in communities adjacent to Long Island Rail Road Port Washington branch stations. We have great schools and air quality, along with a low crime rate, abundant parks, libraries, shopping, entertainment, movie theaters, hospitals and medical facilities.
Riders on the Port Washington branch have far more abundant seating than commuters on other branches. We also have and a quick 30 minute or less trip into Penn Station without having to change at Jamaica. Port Washington branch riders miss most service disruptions. The return of half-hour weekend service on our branch is a nice gift to offset future planned fare increases in 2015 and 2017.
Larry Penner
