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With 324 passenger route-miles, [3] it spans Long Island from Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn to Montauk station at the tip of the southern fork. 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".
Long Island City - certain rush-hour trains run to one of two stations in Long Island City, Queens: the Long Island City station on the East River, which is the oldest western terminal of the LIRR, or the Hunterspoint Avenue station, which is 0.6 miles to the east. [9]
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.
Jamaica is a major train station of the Long Island Rail Road located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City.With weekday ridership exceeding 200,000 passengers, [8] it is the largest transit hub on Long Island, the fourth-busiest rail station in North America, and the second-busiest station that exclusively serves commuter traffic.
Rockville Centre is a station along the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, New York.It is officially located at North Village Avenue and Front Street, north of Sunrise Highway (NY 27) – but the station property spreads west to North Center Avenue and east to North Park Avenue.
Montauk is the terminus of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road – as well as the easternmost railroad station on Long Island and in New York state. The station is located on Edgemere Street (CR 49) and Fort Pond Road, in Montauk, New York.
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's eastern terminus at Greenport.
The Freeport station was originally built on October 28, 1867 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island, and was rebuilt in 1899. [ 6 ] It is among many of the stations along the Babylon Branch that were elevated throughout Nassau and Western Suffolk counties as part of a major grade crossing elimination project during the mid-20th century.