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It was originally named "Hyde Park" station, and was rebuilt in 1870. Despite Hyde Park changing its name to "New Hyde Park" in March 1871 in order to avoid confusion with another Hyde Park in Dutchess County, the LIRR kept the original name of the station until September 1904. The 1870-built station was located along the eastbound tracks with ...
Its operator is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York. Serving 301,763 passengers per day as of 2007 [ 1 ] and 88.5 million riders for the year of 2008, [ 2 ] it is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States.
In 2003, the LIRR and Metro-North started a pilot program in which passengers traveling within New York City were allowed to buy one-way tickets for $2.50. [94] The special reduced-fare CityTicket, proposed by the New York City Transit Riders Council, [94] was formally introduced in 2004. [95]
The Third Track project closed the seven remaining grade crossings on the Main Line, namely those in Westbury, Mineola, and New Hyde Park. [34] [35] The first two crossings that underwent elimination would be Urban Avenue in Westbury and Covert Avenue in New Hyde Park. Construction to eliminate began from February–April 2019 with the closures ...
New York City Subway: 7 and <7> (at Hunters Point Avenue) 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
Freeport LIRR station Replaced New York and Long Island Traction Company "Brooklyn-Freeport" line on April 5, 1926; Was Hempstead Bus Corp at 1973 MSBA takeover. [38] Originally operated as a loop from the Hempstead Transit Center serving South Hempstead, Rockville Centre, Oceanside, East Rockaway, Lynbrook, and West Hempstead
The station closed in October 1876, but was reopened by the LIRR in June 1878 as "Hyde Park Central" station, only to be abandoned on April 30, 1879. [4] The station was reopened again as "Stewart Manor Station" in 1909, and included such features as a "foot subway", [ 5 ] crossing gates at New Hyde Park Road, and an "SW Cabin" for controlling ...
The Ronkonkoma Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York.On LIRR maps and printed schedules, the "Ronkonkoma Branch" includes trains running along the railroad's Main Line from Hicksville (where the Port Jefferson Branch leaves the Main Line) to Ronkonkoma, and between Ronkonkoma and the Main Line's eastern terminus at Greenport.