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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.
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".
Loew's Valencia, a former theater opened in 1929 164th Street at Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, Queens. The present Jamaica station of the Long Island Rail Road was completed in 1913, and the BMT Jamaica Line arrived in 1918, followed by the IND Queens Boulevard Line in 1936 and the IND/BMT Archer Avenue lines in 1988, the latter of which replaced ...
The station serves the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, [8] which connects to all passenger branches and almost all stations. [9] Service started on January 25, 2023 with a shuttle to Jamaica station. [5] Full service at the station began on February 27, 2023, with trains continuing beyond Jamaica to most branches. [10] [11]
Woodhaven Junction power substation. The current Atlantic Branch is the successor to two separate lines: the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad (opened 1836) along Atlantic Avenue from Flatbush Avenue to Jamaica, and the South Side Railroad of Long Island (opened 1867) from Jamaica to Valley Stream.
These stations are also served by West Hempstead Branch trains, as well as a limited number of weekday peak trains from the Hempstead and Babylon branches. Other trains traveling east of Jamaica only run to Penn Station, Grand Central Madison, or Long Island City. [4] [5]
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.
Long Island Rail Road Station, Jamaica, ca. 1872–1887. Collodion silver glass wet plate negative. Brooklyn Museum George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845–1887). Railroad Station, Islip, Long Island, ca. 1872–1887. Collodion silver glass wet plate negative. Brooklyn Museum