The ''Cannonball'' is a seasonal named train operated by the Long Island Rail Road between

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and Montauk. The train operates from May through October, running Fridays to Montauk and Sundays to New York.

Route

The ''Cannonball'' utilizes the Main Line between Penn Station and

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and continues to Montauk either via the entire

Montauk Branch The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east. Ho ...

or via the Main Line and Central Branch to the Montauk Branch depending on the schedule.

Fare and ticket information

As of April 21, 2019, an adult one-way ticket from Penn Station (Zone 1) to stations in The Hamptons (Zone 14) costs $30.50 (at the ticket machine or MYmta app) or $37.00 (if purchased on-board the train.) Hamptons Reserve Service costs an additional $20.00 which allows reserved seating and additional on-board services in the two rear cars.

On-board services

Hamptons Reserve Service

Introduced in 2001 to replace the parlor cars, the two rear cars of the train are reserved for Hamptons Reserve Service, a premium service with reserved seating and full bar service reminiscent of the previous parlor cars.

History

LIRR DM30AC 505 with Cannonball Sign at Woodside

Pre-MTA

Originally known as the ''Cannon Ball'', it first ran in 1899 between

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and (via two sections east of Manorville) Montauk and Greenport. The ''Cannon Ball'' carried both standard-fare coaches and parlor cars. The section to Greenport was discontinued in 1942 and the train was re-routed via the Montauk Branch when the

Manorville Branch The Sag Harbor Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road that was the eastern terminal on the south shore line of Long Island from 1869 to 1895 and then was a spur from Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor, New York from 1895 to 1939. It origina ...

closed in 1949.

Post-MTA

After the MTA takeover of the LIRR, the name of the train changed to ''Cannonball''. Parlor cars were retired in 2000 and replaced with Hamptons Reserve Service when the LIRR replaced their P72 and

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coaches with C3s. Beginning in 2013, the western terminus of the train was changed from

to Penn Station.

Stations

The Cannonball stops at the following stations:

Notes

References

External links

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LIRR Hamptons Service , MTA
{{Long Island Rail Road Metropolitan Transportation Authority Long Island Rail Road Named passenger trains of the United States Railway services introduced in 1899