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The former LIRR ticket counter at New York Penn Station, which displays all locations accessible from Penn Station Long Island City station and yard The LIRR operates out of four western terminals in New York City.
The following Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) services originate and terminate at Penn Station: Babylon Branch to Babylon. Belmont Park Branch seasonal service to Belmont Park. Far Rockaway Branch to Far Rockaway, Queens in New York City. Hempstead Branch to Hempstead. Long Beach Branch to Long Beach.
Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan is the actual westernmost station of the Long Island Rail Road and its busiest station. The system currently has 126 stations on eleven rail lines called "branches". (Not included in this count are two additional stations that serve employees of the LIRR: Hillside Facility and Boland's Landing).
Map of the two proposed routes and six proposed stations of the Penn Station Access project. The red line depicts planned New Haven Line service via Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (Hell Gate Line), and the green line indicates proposed Hudson Line service via Amtrak's Empire Connection.
The yard was built as a result of train capacity issues at Penn Station that forced terminating LIRR trains to make unneeded non-passenger trips to storage yards on Long Island during midday. The West Side Yard, once opened, immediately increased train capacity through Penn Station.
The Ronkonkoma Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York. On LIRR maps and printed schedules, the "Ronkonkoma Branch" includes trains running along the railroad's Main Line from Hicksville (where the Port Jefferson Branch leaves the Main Line) to Ronkonkoma , and between Ronkonkoma and ...
The Main Line near Jamaica, which is visible in the foreground. The Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It begins as a two-track line at Long Island City station in Long Island City, Queens, and runs along the middle of Long Island about 95 miles (153 km) to Greenport station ...
The Cannonball is a seasonal named train operated by the Long Island Rail Road between Penn Station in New York City and the Montauk station on Long Island, New York. The train operates from May through October, running Fridays to Montauk and Sundays to New York.
New York City Subway: 1, 2, and 3 (at 34th Street–Penn Station), A, C, and E (at 34th Street–Penn Station) New York City Bus: M4, M7, M20, M34 SBS, M34A SBS, Q32 Grand Central Madison: Metro-North Railroad: Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven lines New York City Subway: 4, 5, 6, 7 and <7> , and S (at Grand Central–42nd Street station)
The station was remodeled in 1968, but restored in 2001 based on its previous 1903 design. Port Jefferson is 59.4 miles (95.6 km) from Penn Station and travel time varies between 1 hour, 40 minutes and 2 hours, depending on if one has to transfer to an electric train to reach the city.