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Merrick

Babylon Branch

Trains stand here 1:00 before pulling away, typically, over the last 28 weekdays.

Next departures

  • 1:03amPenn Station103
    track 1· usually 0:24 late
  • 1:04amBabylon202
    track 2· usually 3:35 late
  • 1:33amBabylon102
    track 2· usually 3:10 late
  • 2:07amPenn Station105
    track 1· usually 1:17 late
  • 3:32amBabylon104
    track 2· usually 1:43 late
  • 4:37amPenn Station109
    track 1· usually 1:25 late

Where to stand

Towards Babylon · Massapequa

61%
front
59%
middle
52%
rear

← front of the train as it arrives

The rear third runs 9 points emptier than the front on busy departures.

Over departures that left at least half full, when a seat is in question. Carriages are numbered from the front in the direction of travel, so this holds whichever way you are going.

How full, by hour

6a
12p
6p
12a

Median load of trains leaving in each hour, over 28 weekdays. The day runs 4am to 4am, as the railroad's does.

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