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The Montauk Branch is double-tracked from just east of Long Island City (where there is a short segment of single track) all the way through Babylon, becoming single track at Y Interlocking east of the Sayville station. Some Montauk Branch trains operate west to NYC via the diesel-only Central Branch, joining the Main Line east of Bethpage ...
Montauk Branch: see Mastic Frank Avenue: Far Rockaway Branch: 1922 1955 Frankiston: Creedmoor Branch: 1873 1879 Franklin Avenue: Atlantic Branch: see Bedford Fresh Pond: Montauk Branch: 1869 1998 Fulton Street: Bay Ridge Branch: 1914 1924 Gaston Avenue: Far Rockaway Branch: see Arverne General Bronze: Central Extension: see A&P Bronze Glendale ...
Montauk Station was one of the settings for the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. [5] The noise of train engines left idling for long periods in the Montauk Yard was a cause of concern for local residents, who formed a group called the Montauk Anti-Pollution Coalition in 2003.
The Hampton Bays station was originally built along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch on December 20, 1869 [3] [4] [5] (although some sources claim it was in February 1871) as "Good Ground." It was the terminus of the line until summer 1870, when it was extended to Sag Harbor.
The Montauk Cutoff is a cutoff approximately one-third of a mile in length [1] and was double-tracked for its entire length. [ 2 ] : 1 It begins just west of Sunnyside and Arch Street Yards ( 40°44′38″N 73°56′35″W / 40.744°N 73.943°W / 40.744; -73.943 ), after which it runs west parallel to Skillman Avenue and passes ...
In 1872, the LIRR's Cedarhurst Cut-off was built through the area, but no stop appears here on the first timetables. [4] Saint Albans Station was built on July 1, 1898, and originally appeared on maps with the name of Locust Avenue (the same name as the station at the other end of what is now called Baisley Boulevard). [5]
Patchogue is a station of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the Village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York. It is on Division Street between West Avenue (CR 19) and South Ocean Avenue. The station is the eastern terminus for some trains on the branch. Ferries to Fire Island board from a port near the station. [3]
Sayville is a station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the hamlet of Sayville, New York, on Depot Street between Greeley Avenue and Railroad Avenue. Ferries to Fire Island board from a nearby port located to the station's south.