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The Atlantic Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It is the only LIRR line with revenue passenger service in the borough of Brooklyn. The line consists of two sections constructed separately.
Atlantic Terminal (AT) – Trains that travel along the Atlantic Branch to Brooklyn. Long Island City (LIC) – Trains that serve Hunterspoint Avenue and Long Island City in Queens. These trains also use the Main Line west of Jamaica, but typically skip Woodside, Forest Hills, and Kew Gardens. This route is served only during weekday rush hours ...
West of St. Albans, all trains terminate at Atlantic Terminal, Grand Central Madison, Jamaica, or Penn Station. [21] [22] During weekdays, most trains terminate at Atlantic Terminal, Grand Central Madison, and Penn Station, with one eastbound shuttle between Jamaica and St. Albans originating at Jamaica. During weekends and holidays, all trains ...
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.
Western terminal [5] Eastern terminal [5] Babylon Branch: 13 Rockville Centre: Babylon Belmont Park Branch: 1 Belmont Park (seasonal service only) City Terminal Zone: 12 Penn Station Long Island City Atlantic Terminal Grand Central Madison: Jamaica Far Rockaway Branch: 11 Locust Manor: Far Rockaway Hempstead Branch: 9 Hollis: Hempstead Long ...
The MTA Board voted to approve a six-month pilot for a similar concept, the Atlantic Ticket, in May 2018. The Atlantic Ticket is similar in that it would allow LIRR riders in southeast Queens to purchase a one-way ticket to or from Atlantic Terminal for $5. The Atlantic Ticket would start in June 2018. [109]
Platform of the new terminal. The new LIRR terminal at Grand Central, located 14 stories below ground, has 350,000 square feet (33,000 m 2) with four platforms and eight tracks, plus a new retail and dining concourse with 25 retail spaces. There are two caverns containing one platform and two tracks on each of two levels; a mezzanine is located ...
The project adds a new 9.8-mile express track between the Floral Park and Hicksville stations, which enables new express service on LIRR trains in and out of Jamaica Terminal as well as more ...