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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.
The full-time route turns west a short distance along Sunrise Highway (which runs between South Conduit Avenue and the Long Island Rail Road Atlantic Branch at this location), terminating at the Rosedale LIRR station at Francis Lewis Boulevard. These buses reenter service towards Jamaica via Francis Lewis Boulevard and Brookville Boulevard.
[25]: 17.3 On the southeast corner, two escalators (one up, one down) and a staircase lead to street level, just outside the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)'s Jamaica station. Additional staircases lead from street level to each of the LIRR platform. Three elevators provide access to the street level and the LIRR station's main mezzanine areas.
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is the only commuter railroad that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in North America. A GO Transit Bombardier cab car at Toronto's Scarborough Station . Almost all commuter rail services in North America are operated by government entities or quasi-governmental organizations.
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 Forest Hills, Queens: Forest Hills: New York City Subway: E, F, <F>, M, and R (at Forest Hills–71st Avenue) MTA Bus: Q32, Q60, Q64 Kew Gardens, Queens: Kew Gardens
Long Island Rail Road: Atlantic Terminal shuttle, West Hempstead Branch, Babylon Branch (limited service), Hempstead Branch (limited service) New York City Subway: A and C (at Nostrand Avenue) New York City Bus: B25, B44, B44 SBS, B65, B49 Brooklyn Avenue: 1877 [13] before 1890 [17] Kingston Avenue: Albany Avenue: 1877 [13] before 1890: Troy ...
The Main Line has one track from just east of Long Island City, where it splits into two tracks just before Borden Avenue, which continue through Hunterspoint Avenue station to Harold Interlocking (HAROLD, 0.6 miles (0.97 km) northwest of the Woodside station), where the four track Northeast Corridor from Penn Station in Manhattan joins the Main Line after passing through the East River ...
The Chicago "L" is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Chicago and seven of its surrounding suburbs. The system is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). On an average weekday, 759,866 passengers ride the "L", [ 1 ] making it the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States, behind the New York City Subway .