Weekend Track Closures Planned For LIRR Babylon Station

BABYLON VILLAGE, NY —As renovations continue at the Long Island Rail Road's Babylon Village station track closures and detours are slated for the weekend, village officials announced Friday.

According to village officials, overnight work is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 10, from 10 p.m. to Saturday, Jan. 11, at noon, and Saturday, Jan. 11 from 10 p.m. to Sunday, Jan. 12, at noon.

During these times, crane operations will be conducted over Track 3 to install platform panels on Platform B. As a result, Track 3 will be closed during both overnight shifts.

Track 2 will remain operational with brief closures from 12:45 to 6:45 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings for test train runs around 6 a.m. on Track 2, and 10 a.m. on Track 3.

To ensure the safety of passengers, barriers will be placed to prevent pedestrian access to Platform B during the double track outage from 12:45 to 6:40 a.m.

In September, Patch reported that the Babylon Village station will be undergoing renovations for around two years.

The 12-car platform station accommodates around 5,000 riders daily and will become fully accessible to all after numerous upgrades per the Americans with Disabilities Act, the MTA said in a statement.

Upgrades include new elevators, escalators, lighting, reconfiguration of parking, refurbished platforms and waiting rooms, new security systems, and an automated snow and ice melting system.

Construction on the station began in mid-September and is expected to be completed in December of 2026. Babylon is one of three stations in LIRR ADA Package 2, which also includes Forest Hills and Hollis stations.

Anyone with questions may email LIRRoutreach@fortecc.com.