Service on the Greenport Express, the miniature railroad attraction in Greenport Village, is temporarily suspended over a mechanical issue, Mayor Kevin Stuessi said.

“There is a minor glitch…with the engine,” Stuessi said in an email, adding he was hopeful the railroad would be up and running by the weekend.

This is the second iteration of a mini railroad in the village, after the Peconic County Miniature Railroad shut down in 2012. The $1 million Greenport Express opened in July 2024 as a joint effort between the village and The Rotary Club of Greenport, Newsday previously reported.

“The train was in everybody’s heart,” Rich Israel, of the Rotary cCub, told Newsday last year. “It’s been a tradition in our village and would be a shame to have lost it.”

Rides on the train cost $5 and

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