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The line runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City to Montauk. However, in LIRR maps and schedules for public use, the term Montauk Branch refers to the line east of Babylon; service from Jamaica to Babylon is covered by separate Babylon Branch schedules, while the line west of Jamaica is currently unused for ...
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.
Montauk Station was one of the settings for the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. [5] The noise of train engines left idling for long periods in the Montauk Yard was a cause of concern for local residents, who formed a group called the Montauk Anti-Pollution Coalition in 2003.
Montauk Branch: 1897 1958 East Patchogue: Montauk Branch: 1890 1928 East Quogue: Montauk Branch: 1871 c. 1883 Eastport: Montauk Branch and Manorville Branch: 1881 1958 Edgemere: Far Rockaway Branch: 1895 1955 Edgewood: Main Line: 1892 1914 Eldert's Grove: Far Rockaway Branch: 1872 1887? Elmhurst: Port Washington Branch: 1855 1985 Fanny Bartlett ...
The Babylon Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York.The term refers to the trains serving Montauk Branch stations from Valley Stream east to Babylon; in other words, the Babylon Branch is a rail service rather than an actual track.
This allows several Montauk Branch trains that begin or end east of Babylon to use the Main Line from Bethpage to Jamaica. The branch is colored as part of the Ronkonkoma Branch on some LIRR maps, [22] but these trains are shown on Babylon and Montauk Branch timetables. [23] [24] Much of the line runs parallel to New York State Route 109.
Lynbrook is a commuter train station on the Montauk Branch and Long Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located at the intersection of Sunrise Highway (NY 27) and Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2) in Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York. It is served by Long Beach Branch trains and select weekday Babylon Branch trains.
The LIRR was planning to close this station on March 16, 1998 along with ten other stations due to low ridership, but decided to keep it open due to community opposition. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A depot with a high-level platform was built between 1998 and 1999, as many stations on the LIRR were getting at the time.