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Willow Tree station opened on March 1, 1837, when Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service opened to Hicksville. The land for the Willow Tree station was 50 by 562.6 feet (15.2 by 171.5 m) and was purchased on April 18, 1836. Willow Tree can be found in timetables as early as October 1, 1852, and as late as November 4, 1867.
Westwood is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead Branch serving the villages of Malverne and Lynbrook, New York.The station platform is located on Foster Avenue in Malverne, with parking facilities on both the Malverne (Foster Avenue at Motley Street) and Lynbrook (Whitehall Street at Whittier Street) sides of the tracks.
Due to repeated storm damage to rails and other equipment, the LIRR petitioned the New York State Public Service Commission to move the station 1000 feet north in January 1909, which was fully endorsed by the Estates of Long Beach who even offered to exchange land with the railroad. [9] That permission was granted in February of the same year.
The former LIRR freight office on Bushwick Place still stands. [ 12 ] In 1924, a temporary connection was built from Bushwick Yard that ran via Montrose Avenue and then connected to the New York City Subway 's BMT Canarsie Line ( L train) under Bushwick Avenue, just near the Montrose Avenue station .
The now-abandoned LIRR substation is present on the south side of Atlantic Avenue west of the elevated line. [1] The northern staircases to the elevated station are still visible. The former track junction and part of the Rockaway Branch right-of-way south to 97th Avenue has been paved over and is used as a school bus depot for the Logan Bus ...
LIRR Won't Get OMNY Pay Until 2025, 4 Years Later Than Projected: MTA - Glen Cove, NY - The contactless payment system is already available on NYC subways and buses; the LIRR rollout will be ...
The LIRR units were virtually identical except for some minor cosmetic differences, Westinghouse control equipment, MU capability with older LIRR MU rolling stock, automatic doors and Automatic Speed Control. The order was broken into two sub-classes with a total of 12 MP75C control cars with cabs on each end, and 18 MP75T trailer cars without ...
Woodhaven Junction power substation. The current Atlantic Branch is the successor to two separate lines: the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad (opened 1836) along Atlantic Avenue from Flatbush Avenue to Jamaica, and the South Side Railroad of Long Island (opened 1867) from Jamaica to Valley Stream.