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Ronkonkoma (signed as Ronkonkoma LI MacArthur Airport on station signage) is a major railroad station and transportation hub along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in Ronkonkoma, New York. The station is the eastern terminus of the Ronkonkoma Branch and the western terminus of the Greenport Branch .
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's eastern terminus at Greenport.
Ronkonkoma (/ r ɒ n ˈ k ɒ ŋ k ə m ə / ron-KONG-kə-mə) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) mostly in the Town of Islip, with a small eastern portion in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.
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 in Greenport, Suffolk County.
A map of diesel territory on the Long Island Rail Road. The Main Line runs from Long Island City east to Greenport. It is electrified west of the Ronkonkoma station; limited diesel train service runs from this point to the Yaphank, Riverhead, or Greenport stations.
In 2012, the LIRR started work on constructing a second track along the Ronkonkoma Branch between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma stations. Before the start of the project, the largely single-track Ronkonkoma Branch limited train capacity to one train per hour in each direction.
It heads east across Old Nichols and Terry roads ahead of one final northeastward turn to end at Rosevale Avenue in Ronkonkoma, close to the lake. Though not a limited-access highway since 1938, most of the road was recognizable into the 1970s, while new intersections continued to be cut through it.
Deer Park, sometimes mentioned as Deerpark, [3] station was previously located at the bridge over New York State Route 231, until it was moved as part of a major reconstruction project of the line at Ronkonkoma, Central Islip, Brentwood, Deer Park, and Wyandanch. The original station was built in 1842, then rebuilt in 1884, and again 1936 for ...
The Central Branch connects the Main Line ( Ronkonkoma Branch service) at Beth Interlocking southeast of the Bethpage station with the Montauk Branch ( Babylon Branch service) at Belmont Junction west of the Babylon station.
Lake Ronkonkoma is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 20,155 at the 2010 census. Lake Ronkonkoma is mainly located in the Town of Brookhaven, but has small sections in the Town of Smithtown and the Town of Islip.