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Islip LIRR Station: Tickets, Destinations & On-Time Data
Montauk Branch · Zone 10 · Accessible · From MTA open data · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is Islip station?
Tickets, not riders: a monthly or weekly ticket counts once however many times it is used, and a round trip counts once.
About 151 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Islip (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #90 most of 126 LIRR stations, and 11.5% fewer than in the 12 months before. Another 109 a day were sold for trips ending here.
Where do riders from Islip go?
The most common destinations on tickets sold from Islip, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Penn Station
48% of tickets72 a day - Grand Central
11% of tickets17 a day - Jamaica
10% of tickets16 a day - Babylon
4% of tickets6 a day - Atlantic Terminal
4% of tickets6 a day - Patchogue
3% of tickets4 a day - Woodside
2% of tickets3 a day - Amityville
1% of tickets2 a day
What tickets do Islip riders buy?
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, all ways of buying (TrainTime app, ticket machines and ticket windows).
48% of peak and off-peak tickets from Islip were peak fares.
- One-way
41,274 sold75.1% - Day pass
5,766 sold10.5% - Round trip
4,664 sold8.5% - Monthly
1,861 sold3.4% - 10-trip
1,070 sold1.9% - Weekly
357 sold0.6%
Are Islip 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
- Great River 57 tickets a day
- Hampton Bays 183 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: Islip on mta.info.
Questions
How busy is Islip station?
About 151 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Islip (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #90 most of 126 LIRR stations, 11.5% fewer than the year before.
Is Islip station accessible?
Yes. The MTA lists Islip as fully accessible.
What fare zone is Islip in?
Islip is in zone 10 on the Montauk Branch.
Where do people go from Islip?
The most common destination on tickets from Islip 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).
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