LIRR 261 Babylon – Grand Central

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Babylon 16:17 → Grand Central 17:30 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 1 h 13 min · 18 stops Metro-North Railroad

It has not run yet today

Last recorded run: Friday 2 October +7 min

Next service: today 16:17 from Babylon · Tue 6 Oct

Next departure 16:17 today · Babylon
On-time · 30 days
28%
5/18 runs under 3 min
RT coverage: 0 full · 18 partial · 0 no data
On-time · 90 days
31%
18/58 runs under 3 min
RT coverage: 40 full · 18 partial · 0 no data
Typical delay
+4min
Median at arrival, 90 days
30 days: +5 min
P90
+7min
9 in 10 runs arrive with less than this
30 days: +7 min

Last 30 days

Arrival delay at Grand Central, in minutes. One bar per run.

  • On time (<3 min)
  • 3–10 min
  • 10–30 min
  • 30+ min
  • Partial coverage
  • No data

Worst days

  • Tue 1 Sept Max en route +12 min · last fix heading to 102 +11 min
  • Thu 6 Aug Max en route +11 min · last fix heading to 349 +11 min
  • Fri 4 Sept Max en route +12 min · last fix heading to 349 +10 min
  • Thu 3 Sept Max en route +9 min · last fix heading to 349 +8 min
  • Fri 28 Aug Max en route +9 min · last fix heading to 349 +7 min

Distribution · 90 days

58 runs with a known final delay. On time = under 3 min, the same cut the map uses.

  • Early 0% · 0
  • On time 31% · 18
  • 3–10 min 64% · 37
  • 10–30 min 5% · 3
  • 30+ min 0% · 0

On-time by weekday

  • 70% M n=10
  • 42% T n=12
  • 17% W n=12
  • 25% T n=12
  • 8% F n=12
  • — S n=0
  • — S n=0

Stops and timetable

Timetable of the latest run from the operator’s GTFS (18 stops).

StopSched.
Babylon
16:17
Lindenhurst
16:23
Copiague
16:26
Amityville
16:28
Massapequa Park
16:30
Massapequa
16:32
Seaford
16:35
Wantagh
16:38
Bellmore
16:41
Merrick
16:44
Freeport
16:47
Baldwin
16:50
Rockville Centre
16:53
Lynbrook
16:56
St. Albans
17:04
Jamaica
17:10 / 17:11
Forest Hills
17:16
Grand Central
17:30

Each run is closed into train_runs (country, train number, service day) from the live positions. Final delay = last delay seen. Partial coverage: the feed stopped before the final stop (last value used, hatched in the chart). No data: a run without any valid delay; counts as neither on time nor late. Data collected since 10 July 2026.

Recent runs

DateLast stopFinalMax
Fri 2 Oct349 18:09Partial coverage+7 min+9 min
Thu 1 Oct349 18:09Partial coverage+2 min+4 min
Wed 30 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+3 min+4 min
Tue 29 Sept349 18:08Partial coverage+5 min+7 min
Mon 28 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+5 min+5 min
Fri 25 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+6 min+9 min
Thu 24 Sept349 18:08Partial coverage+7 min+9 min
Wed 23 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+2 min+4 min
Tue 22 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+2 min+5 min
Mon 21 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+4 min+6 min
Fri 18 Sept349 18:08Partial coverage+4 min+5 min
Thu 17 Sept349 18:10Partial coverage+2 min+4 min
Wed 16 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+5 min+7 min
Tue 15 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+6 min+7 min
Fri 11 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+5 min+7 min
Thu 10 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+5 min+6 min
Wed 9 Sept349 18:09Partial coverage+7 min+9 min
Tue 8 Sept349 18:08Partial coverage+2 min+5 min
Fri 4 Sept349 18:10+10 min+12 min
Thu 3 Sept349 18:09+8 min+9 min
Wed 2 Sept349 18:09+3 min+5 min
Tue 1 Sept102 18:09+11 min+12 min
Mon 31 Aug349 18:09+4 min+6 min
Fri 28 Aug349 18:08+7 min+9 min
Thu 27 Aug349 18:08+5 min+7 min
Wed 26 Aug349 18:10+7 min+9 min
Tue 25 Aug349 18:14+5 min+8 min
Mon 24 Aug349 18:09+2 min+3 min
Fri 21 Aug349 18:09+5 min+7 min
Thu 20 Aug349 18:09+6 min+8 min