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The Cannonball is a seasonal named train operated by the Long Island Rail Road between Penn Station in New York City and Montauk on the east end of Long Island, New York.The train operates weekly between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend, operating eastbound on Fridays and westbound on Sundays, with westbound service also being offered through Columbus Day weekend.
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is a commuter railway system serving all four counties of Long Island, with two stations in the Manhattan borough of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. Its operator is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
The LIRR is one of two commuter rail systems owned by the MTA, the other being the Metro-North Railroad in the northern suburbs of the New York area. Established in 1834 (the first section between the Brooklyn waterfront and Jamaica opened on April 18, 1836) and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest railroad in the United ...
The rebuilt station house at Westhampton. The Westhampton station was originally built in 1869 along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch. [2] [3] In 1905, a second station was built when the first one was moved to a private location. The station burned down in 1986, but was subsequently rebuilt sometime between then and the year 2000.
On April 16, 2019, New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele announced that funding to design improvements on the Montauk Branch would likely be included in the 2019–2020 state budget. The funding would be used by the LIRR to design three passing sidings to be installed on the line in single-track territory between Speonk and Montauk.
New York City Bus: B62 MTA Bus: Q67 Served only by 11 AM peak trains and 10 PM peak trains daily [154] Woodside, Queens Woodside: 3.1 (5.0) 1869 [155] Long Island Rail Road: Port Washington Branch New York City Subway: 7 and <7> (at 61st Street–Woodside) New York City Bus: Q32 MTA Bus: Q18, Q53 SBS, Q70 SBS: Maspeth, Queens: Winfield Junction ...
The LIRR leased its property in 1897, and formally merged with the New York Bay Extension Railroad on August 29, 1902. [14] [15] [16] The West Hempstead Branch originally extended beyond its current terminus and through Hempstead. It connected with the current day Hempstead Branch at Country Life Press. [3]
A new LIRR train station in Sunnyside on the west side of Queens Boulevard and Skillman Avenue [195] [196]: 20–21 along the Northeast Corridor (which the LIRR uses to get into Pennsylvania Station) has been proposed, which would provide one-stop access for area residents to Midtown Manhattan. [197]