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Since December 28, 1987, the present Ronkonkoma station has been the east end of the electrified portion of the Main Line, but stations east of Ronkonkoma have been modified to allow for electrification in the future. [8] The 1937 station was used for storage until it was razed in 1994 when part of the station's parking lot was extended westward.
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.
It was opened as a station on June 24, 1842, with the arrival of the railroad, and closed in December 1869, before Brentwood station was built further east. [3] The railroad spur continued to exist through the 20th Century and was used as a freight spur which served industries such as Hills Supermarkets, Thompson Tires and Carnation Paper. [ 5 ]
The six stations on the Main Line east of Ronkonkoma also see very limited week-round trains, and are often used for recreation rather than commuting. Jamaica is a major transfer station between branches, as it provides the interchange from the eastern Long Island stations to the western New York terminals and vice versa.
Pineaire (or Pine Aire) was a station stop along the Ronkonkoma Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in West Brentwood, New York.It was located east of the Pilgrim State Hospital Spur than the currently combined Deer Park-Pineaire complex.
Pinelawn is a railroad station along the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Long Island Avenue, just east of the Wellwood Avenue (CR 3) grade crossing in East Farmingdale, New York. The Pinelawn station primarily serves off-peak local trains on the Ronkonkoma Branch. Approximately 36 trains currently ...
The Central Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York, extending from just east of Bethpage station to just west of Babylon It was built in 1873 as part of the Babylon Extension of the Central Railroad of Long Island (CRRLI), which was owned by Alexander Turney Stewart .
Ronkonkoma (/ r ɒ n ˈ k ɒ ŋ k ə m ə / ron-KONG-kə-mə) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) mostly in the Town of Islip, with a small eastern portion in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States.