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Great River LIRR Station: Tickets, Destinations & On-Time Data
Montauk Branch · Zone 10 · Accessible · From MTA open data · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is Great River station?
Tickets, not riders: a monthly or weekly ticket counts once however many times it is used, and a round trip counts once.
About 57 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Great River (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #115 most of 126 LIRR stations, and 9% fewer than in the 12 months before. Another 41 a day were sold for trips ending here.
Where do riders from Great River go?
The most common destinations on tickets sold from Great River, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Penn Station
47% of tickets27 a day - Jamaica
11% of tickets6 a day - Grand Central
7% of tickets4 a day - Babylon
5% of tickets3 a day - Atlantic Terminal
3% of tickets2 a day - Patchogue
3% of tickets2 a day - Woodside
2% of tickets1 a day - Bay Shore
2% of tickets1 a day
What tickets do Great River riders buy?
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, all ways of buying (TrainTime app, ticket machines and ticket windows).
49% of peak and off-peak tickets from Great River were peak fares.
- One-way
16,021 sold76.4% - Day pass
2,455 sold11.7% - Round trip
1,478 sold7.1% - Monthly
567 sold2.7% - 10-trip
260 sold1.2% - Weekly
176 sold0.8%
Are Great River trains on time?
On time means arriving within 5 minutes 59 seconds of schedule. The railroad reports this by branch, not by station.
From Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, 91.4% of Montauk trains were on time (93.6% the year before). Every LIRR branch compared →
Other stations on the Montauk Branch
- Amagansett 92 tickets a day
- Bay Shore 289 tickets a day
- Bellport 44 tickets a day
- Bridgehampton 156 tickets a day
- East Hampton 239 tickets a day
- Hampton Bays 183 tickets a day
- Islip 151 tickets a day
- Mastic-Shirley 144 tickets a day
- Montauk 151 tickets a day
- Oakdale 67 tickets a day
- Patchogue 342 tickets a day
- Sayville 293 tickets a day
- Southampton 206 tickets a day
- Speonk 152 tickets a day
- Westhampton 119 tickets a day
Schedules, parking and station details: Great River on mta.info.
Questions
How busy is Great River station?
About 57 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Great River (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #115 most of 126 LIRR stations, 9% fewer than the year before.
Is Great River station accessible?
Yes. The MTA lists Great River as fully accessible.
What fare zone is Great River in?
Great River is in zone 10 on the Montauk Branch.
Where do people go from Great River?
The most common destination on tickets from Great River is Penn Station.
Data (data.ny.gov): MTA Railroad Ticket Sales, MTA Rail Stations, LIRR Stop-Level Occupancy, LIRR Elevator and Escalator Availability, LIRR On-Time Performance. Updated Nov 3, 2026.
Source code: github.com/MantieReid/mta-data-analysis · Analysis by Mantie Reid II (CC BY 4.0).
This is an independent data analysis project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
Data is sourced from the MTA through the New York State Open Data Portal. Visualizations, calculations, and interpretations are independently produced. Data may be revised, incomplete, or delayed. For official transit information, visit mta.info.