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The Long Island Rail Road system has eleven passenger branches, three of which are main trunk lines: Main Line, running along the middle of the island, between Long Island City and Greenport, via Jamaica. Montauk Branch, running along the southern edge of the island, between Long Island City and Montauk, via Jamaica.
The LIRR's history stretches back to the Brooklyn and Jamaica Rail Road, incorporated on April 25, 1832 [2] [3] [4] [5] to build a ten-mile line from the East River in Brooklyn through the communities of Brooklyn, Bedford, and East New York to Jamaica. B&J engineer Major D. B. Douglass soon began planning for a continuation, forming part of an ...
Schematic diagram of Long Island Rail Road services and stations. The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is a commuter railway system serving all four counties of Long Island, with two stations in the Manhattan borough of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. Its operator is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
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.
The Cannonball runs express through Bay Shore to the Hamptons along the Montauk Branch. The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City to Montauk.
Long Island: First service: 1899 (as Cannon Ball) Current operator(s) Long Island Rail Road: Route; Termini: New York City Montauk, New York: Stops: 9 (Westbound) 6 (Eastbound) Distance travelled: 118.0 miles (190 km) Average journey time: 3 hours: Service frequency: Weekly Eastbound on summer Fridays Westbound on summer Sundays: Train number(s ...
Also known as Central Junction. Shared by the Main Line of the Flushing and North Side Railroad (now the Port Washington Branch of the LIRR), and Central RR of Long Island. Opened July 1873, and abandoned April 30, 1879. Located west of Flushing–Main Street station near Whitestone Expressway.
Long Island Rail Road: Line(s) Port Washington Branch: Distance: 7.5 mi (12.1 km) from Long Island City: Platforms: 2 side platforms: Tracks: 2: Connections: New York City Subway: trains at Flushing–Main Street NYCT Bus: Q12, Q13, Q15, Q15A, Q16, Q17, Q20A, Q20B, Q26, Q27, Q28, Q44 SBS, Q48, Q58 MTA Bus: Q19, Q25, Q34, Q50, Q65, Q66
The Bay Ridge Branch is a rail line owned by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and operated by the New York and Atlantic Railway in New York City. It is the longest freight-only line of the LIRR, connecting the Montauk Branch and CSX Transportation 's Fremont Secondary (to the Hell Gate Bridge) at Glendale, Queens with the Upper New York Bay at ...
The Babylon Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The term refers to the trains serving Montauk Branch stations from Valley Stream east to Babylon ; in other words, the Babylon Branch is a rail service rather than an actual track.