Long Island Rail Road service was suspended on the Montauk Branch each of Patchogue early Saturday after a train heading to Montauk sideswiped another train, the agency said.
The disruption limited travel options to the Hamptons at the start of the Memorial Day weekend, often considered the unofficial start of summer.
Limited bus service was offered instead, said MTA spokesman Maxwell Young. The buses were expected to continue Sunday.
The train, which left Penn Station around 1 a.m., sideswiped the other train east of Speonk. Both the Montauk-bound train's engine and the last car of the other train derailed, but no one was injured, according to the agency.
Leaked diesel fuel needed to be cleaned from the tracks before they could be fixed, Young said.
The MTA was offering a train between Penn Station and Patchogue, a bus between Patchogue and Hampton Bays and a shuttle train from Hampton Bays to Montauk, Young said.
"We expect service east of Patchogue, including to the Hamptons and Montauk to be suspended all day," LIRR said in a tweet. "Customers should not go to Penn Station, Atlantic Terminal, Jamaica or their local station expecting service to resume east of Patchogue."
The MTA asked Uber, Lyft and taxis to provide extra drivers to the area.
More than 8,600 people took LIRR east of Speonk on Friday, the MTA said. On the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend last year, about 4,000 people took LIRR east of Speonk.
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