Train Evacuated in East Hampton Due to Bomb Threat

Update, 10:06 a.m.: A bomb-sniffing dog found nothing suspicious on the Long Island Rail Road train that was evacuated at the East Hampton train station Sunday morning, according to East Hampton Village Police Chief Gerard Larsen. The train was released just before 10 a.m., and the roads around it were reopened. 

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority police are investigating the threat that was called in, the chief said. The M.T.A. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Original, 8:29 a.m.: Police are investigating a bomb threat on a westbound train that was evacuated at the East Hampton train station Sunday morning. 

The East Hampton Village Police Department was notified by Metropolitan Transportation Authority police at 7:50 a.m. after they received a call about a bomb on the train. The passengers were taken off, and Railroad Avenue has been closed. The M.T.A. police are on the way to East Hampton to search the train with a bomb-sniffing dog. The agency has reported there is no train service east of Speonk until further notice.

Village Police Chief Gerard Larsen said no other information was available. 

According to the Long Island Rail Road, the train left Montauk at 7:04 a.m. and was due to arrive at the Jamaica, Queens, station at 9:58 a.m. 

The East Hampton Fire Department is standing by at the firehouse. 

Officer Jennifer Dunn directs foot traffic away from the train, which was evacuated at the East Hampton train station Sunday morning.                                Durell Godfrey

Volunteer firefighters stood by at fire headquarters while a bomb-sniffing dog checked a train stopped in East Hampton.                                                     Michael Heller