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The Jamaica station 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.
The station was formed, following the capture of Jamaica, by assembling about a dozen frigates in 1655. [1] The first "Admiral and General-at-Sea" was Sir William Penn . [ 2 ] Its main objectives in the early years were to defend Jamaica and to harass Spanish ports and shipping. [ 3 ]
The station was closed in 1905, but in response to complaints about the reopening of Jamaica station on Sutphin Boulevard (primarily because the downtown core of Jamaica was centered on Union Hall Street, the site of "Old Jamaica"), the LIRR opened a new one a block away at Union Hall Street in 1913, [1] when the tracks through Jamaica were ...
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This station opened on May 28, 1917 [2] [6] [7] under the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.. As part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2015–2019 Capital Program, the Woodhaven Boulevard station was selected to receive elevators as part of a process to expand the New York City Subway system's accessibility.
Railway stations in Jamaica by year of opening (5 C) Pages in category "Railway stations in Jamaica" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
It was commanded by the Commodore on Jamaica Division of North America and West Indies Station who was responsible for the naval base until March 1905 when the dockyard was closed. [2] In 1951, the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda closed after which the new post of Senior Naval Officer, West Indies (SNOWI) was established as the West Indies Sub ...
All railway stations in Jamaica closed in October 1992 when passenger traffic abruptly ceased. [1] They are here listed by branch and distance from Kingston . [ 2 ] In some cases elevation (height above sea level) is also shown. [ 3 ]