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NYC to Southampton

Southampton is the first village stop east of Manorville on the Jitney's Montauk Line and one of eight places with an LIRR station, so it has both ways in plus a county bus.

Fares and schedules checked October 2026.

The Hampton Jitney stops in Southampton: 18 scheduled trips from Manhattan in the current timetable, taking 1 h 46 min at best and 2 h 30 min at worst, for $43 prepaid or $51 on board. The LIRR Friday express from Penn Station reaches Southampton in 1 h 52 min, 4:07 PM to 5:59 PM, for $33.00 peak or $24.50 off-peak. By car it is 90.1 miles from Midtown, about 2 hours 11 minutes with no traffic on the OpenStreetMap router, and much longer on summer Fridays.

Friday afternoon, as scheduled

Train 1 h 52 min, bus 2 h 15 min

The LIRR express leaves Penn Station at 4:07 PM and reaches Southampton at 5:59 PM. The quickest Jitney leaving Midtown on a Friday between 1 and 6 PM runs 1:45 PM to 4:00 PM. Train times start at Penn Station and bus times at 40th Street, and neither counts the trip to the platform or the ride at the end. The express is a winter-timetable train; the Cannonball page explains how summer service differs.

NYC to Southampton: options in the current timetables
ModeScheduled timeCostDetail
Hampton Jitney1 h 46 min to 2 h 30 min$43 prepaid, $51 on board18 trips from Manhattan; first leaves Midtown 9:00 AM, last 11:59 PM
Ambassador class1 h 46 min to 2 h 30 min$68 prepaid, $78 on boardSame stops, select trips only: 8 of those trips run as Ambassador coaches
LIRR1 h 52 min on the Friday express from Penn$33.00 peak, $24.50 off-peak, to or from Penn StationMost trains start at Jamaica or Hunterspoint; the Friday express and the weekday 5:13 PM train start at Penn Station
Car2 hours 11 minutes with no trafficGas, parking and tolls90.1 miles from Midtown

The Southampton figures for the Jitney and LIRR are scheduled times from the operators' own data, with effective dates on each board below. Car time is a no-traffic estimate.

By Hampton Jitney

The timetable below is the Montauk Line schedule effective 10/15/2026 to 1/6/2027. Each row is one bus: when it leaves Midtown, when it reaches Southampton, and the scheduled running time. The Jitney guide explains the lines, the fare options and the booking rules.

Hampton Jitney to Southampton

Montauk Line, eastbound. Effective 10/15/2026 to 1/6/2027.

LeavesFromArrives SouthamptonScheduledDays and notes
9:00 AM40th St.11:00 AM2 h 00 minDaily
9:30 AM40th St.11:30 AM2 h 00 minFri; Ambassador coach
10:00 AM40th St.12:15 PM2 h 15 minSat
10:30 AM40th St.12:45 PM2 h 15 minMon–Sat; Ambassador coach
11:30 AM40th St.1:45 PM2 h 15 minMon–Fri; Ambassador coach
12:00 PM40th St.2:15 PM2 h 15 minDaily
1:45 PM40th St.4:00 PM2 h 15 minDaily; Ambassador coach
2:15 PM40th St.4:30 PM2 h 15 minDaily
3:00 PM40th St.5:30 PM2 h 30 minThu, Fri & Sun; Ambassador coach
4:00 PM40th St.6:30 PM2 h 30 minDaily
5:00 PM40th St.7:25 PM2 h 25 minDaily; Ambassador coach
6:00 PM40th St.8:15 PM2 h 15 minDaily
6:30 PM40th St.8:45 PM2 h 15 minMon–Fri & Sun; Ambassador coach
7:00 PM40th St.9:15 PM2 h 15 minDaily
8:15 PM40th St.10:15 PM2 h 00 minDaily; Ambassador coach; limited stops on some days, see official timetable
8:30 PM40th St.10:30 PM2 h 00 minSun; limited stops on some days, see official timetable
10:00 PM40th St.12:00 AM +12 h 00 minDaily
11:59 PM40th St.1:45 AM +11 h 46 minSun

Official timetable and booking: Hampton Jitney: view the timetable. Schedules change by season; confirm before you travel.

Coming back from Southampton, 21 trips run to Manhattan, taking 1 h 45 min to 2 h 30 min. The first leaves at 5:15 AM and the last at 8:30 PM.

Hampton Jitney from Southampton to Manhattan

Montauk Line, westbound. Effective 10/15/2026 to 1/6/2027.

LeavesFromArrives MidtownScheduledDays and notes
5:15 AMSouthampton7:20 AM2 h 05 minMon–Sat; limited stops on some days, see official timetable
5:45 AMSouthampton7:50 AM2 h 05 minFri; Ambassador coach
6:10 AMSouthampton8:30 AM2 h 20 minSat & Sun
6:45 AMSouthampton9:15 AM2 h 30 minMon–Sat; Ambassador coach; limited stops on some days, see official timetable
7:45 AMSouthampton10:00 AM2 h 15 minMon–Fri; Ambassador coach
8:30 AMSouthampton10:30 AM2 h 00 minDaily
10:00 AMSouthampton12:15 PM2 h 15 minDaily; Ambassador coach
10:15 AMSouthampton12:30 PM2 h 15 minDaily
11:30 AMSouthampton2:00 PM2 h 30 minThu, Fri & Sun; Ambassador coach
12:30 PMSouthampton2:30 PM2 h 00 minDaily
1:00 PMSouthampton3:00 PM2 h 00 minDaily; Ambassador coach
1:45 PMSouthampton3:30 PM1 h 45 minDaily
2:30 PMSouthampton4:45 PM2 h 15 minMon–Fri & Sun; Ambassador coach
3:15 PMSouthampton5:30 PM2 h 15 minDaily
4:00 PMSouthampton6:00 PM2 h 00 minDaily; Ambassador coach
5:00 PMSouthampton7:00 PM2 h 00 minSun
5:30 PMSouthampton7:30 PM2 h 00 minSun; Ambassador coach
6:30 PMSouthampton8:30 PM2 h 00 minDaily
7:00 PMSouthampton9:00 PM2 h 00 minMon & Sun; Ambassador coach
8:00 PMSouthampton10:00 PM2 h 00 minSun; also Mon through 11/30; Ambassador coach
8:30 PMSouthampton10:30 PM2 h 00 minSun; Westside drop-off

Official timetable and booking: Hampton Jitney: view the timetable. Schedules change by season; confirm before you travel.

By train

The Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch stops in Southampton. On the winter timetable the Friday express leaves Penn Station at 4:07 PM and arrives at 5:59 PM; other trains start in Jamaica or at Hunterspoint Avenue and need a connection from Manhattan. The board lists every scheduled train; weekday and weekend patterns differ. Fares to Southampton from Penn Station are $33.00 peak and $24.50 off-peak, or $41.00 and $33.00 bought on board, per the MTA fare chart in effect since January 4, 2026.

LIRR to Southampton

Montauk Branch, eastbound. Timetable data for Oct 26, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027.

LeavesFromArrives SouthamptonScheduledDays and notes
12:40 AMJamaica2:48 AM2 h 08 minSat–Sun
1:05 AMJamaica3:14 AM2 h 09 minMon–Fri
7:15 AMJamaica9:16 AM2 h 01 minSelect weekend dates
8:15 AMJamaica10:12 AM1 h 57 minSat–Sun
8:18 AMJamaica10:15 AM1 h 57 minMon–Fri
10:27 AMJamaica12:22 PM1 h 55 minSat–Sun
11:41 AMJamaica1:43 PM2 h 02 minMon–Fri
12:14 PMJamaica2:25 PM2 h 11 minSat–Sun
4:07 PMPenn Station5:59 PM1 h 52 minFri
4:30 PMHunterspoint Avenue6:57 PM2 h 27 minMon–Fri
5:13 PMPenn Station7:46 PM2 h 33 minMon–Fri
6:31 PMJamaica8:44 PM2 h 13 minMon–Fri
8:50 PMJamaica10:54 PM2 h 04 minMon–Fri
9:45 PMJamaica11:44 PM1 h 59 minSat–Sun

Official timetable: MTA Long Island Rail Road: view the timetable. Schedules change by season; confirm before you travel.

LIRR from Southampton toward New York

Montauk Branch, westbound. Timetable data for Oct 26, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027.

LeavesToArrivesScheduledDays and notes
1:53 AMJamaica4:05 AM2 h 12 minMon–Fri; change at Jamaica for Penn or Grand Central
4:32 AMPenn Station6:56 AM2 h 24 minMon–Fri
6:28 AMLong Island City8:57 AM2 h 29 minMon–Fri
7:45 AMJamaica9:48 AM2 h 03 minSat–Sun; change at Jamaica for Penn or Grand Central
12:13 PMJamaica2:29 PM2 h 16 minMon–Fri; change at Jamaica for Penn or Grand Central
12:28 PMJamaica2:11 PM1 h 43 minSelect weekend dates; change at Jamaica for Penn or Grand Central
3:33 PMJamaica5:25 PM1 h 52 minMon–Fri; change at Jamaica for Penn or Grand Central
3:56 PMJamaica5:56 PM2 h 00 minSat–Sun; change at Jamaica for Penn or Grand Central
5:48 PMJamaica7:46 PM1 h 58 minSat–Sun; change at Jamaica for Penn or Grand Central
8:39 PMJamaica10:35 PM1 h 56 minSat–Sun; change at Jamaica for Penn or Grand Central
10:57 PMJamaica1:00 AM +12 h 03 minMon–Fri; change at Jamaica for Penn or Grand Central

Official timetable: MTA Long Island Rail Road: view the timetable. Schedules change by season; confirm before you travel.

The LIRR times for Southampton above are the winter 2026-27 data MTA has published through late February 2027. Summer service, including the Cannonball, is announced in spring, and this page will be updated then.

By car

Midtown to Southampton is 90.1 miles by the routes the OpenStreetMap router picks. Sunrise Highway ends as a freeway at the Shinnecock Canal in Hampton Bays. From there to Southampton you drive the four-lane Southampton Bypass, then Montauk Highway. For traffic by day and season, read the guides to Friday traffic and Sunday traffic.

Getting around Southampton when you arrive

SCT Route 92 passes through Southampton, with a stop at North Sea Road and Bowden Square that SCT lists as a half-mile walk from the station. The Southampton On-Demand zone covers Southampton, North Sea, North Haven and Sag Harbor.

On the posted schedule, Montauk Line buses reach Southampton 30 minutes after Manorville and about an hour before they reach Montauk.

The Friday comparison for Southampton sets the scheduled train and bus times side by side.

South Fork stops, west to east
  1. SpeonkLIRR
  2. WesthamptonLIRR, Jitney
  3. QuogueJitney
  4. East QuogueJitney
  5. Hampton BaysLIRR, Jitney
  6. SouthamptonLIRR, Jitney
  7. Water MillJitney
  8. BridgehamptonLIRR, Jitney
  9. Sag HarborJitney
  10. WainscottJitney
  11. East HamptonLIRR, Jitney
  12. AmagansettLIRR, Jitney
  13. NapeagueJitney
  14. MontaukLIRR, Jitney

Square marks an LIRR station. Round marks a Hampton Jitney stop only. The highlighted stop is the one this page is about or nearest to it.

Common questions

What is the fastest way from NYC to Southampton on a Friday?

The comparison page lines up the Friday LIRR express from Penn Station against the afternoon Jitney trips, using the operators' scheduled times.

How much is the Jitney to Southampton?

The Montauk Line prepaid fare is $43 one way, or $51 on board. Ambassador class is $68 prepaid.

Sources

Checked October 2026. Operators revise schedules and fares; use the official pages below for the final word.