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Schematic diagram of Long Island Rail Road services and stations. 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.
Nostrand Avenue is an elevated station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.Trains leave every 12–15 minutes during peak hours and 30 minutes during off-peak hours until 11 p.m.
New York City is extensively served by passenger railroads, with limited facilities available for freight railroads. Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad all own and operate passenger yards in New York City. There are also many yards operated by the New York City Subway system. See List of New York City Subway yards.
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.
Hunterspoint Avenue is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, within the City Terminal Zone.It is located at 49th Avenue (formerly Hunters Point Avenue) between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue in the Hunters Point and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens, New York City.
Bayside (formerly Bay Side) [4] is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in the Bayside neighborhood of Queens, New York City.The station is located at 213th Street and 41st Avenue, off Bell Boulevard and just north of Northern Boulevard, and is 12.6 miles (20.3 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.
The station house is owned by the Town of Riverhead and the MTA uses a high level platform and other amenities instead. The station is also near the west end of the Riverhead Restoration Site of the Railroad Museum of Long Island. A collection of historic Long Island Rail Road cars and maintenance equipment can be found near the station. [5]
The Laurelton station was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road in April 1907. [4] [5] The line was electrified through the area on October 16, 1905 – two years prior to the station's opening. The station was one of two along the Atlantic Branch to replace the former Springfield station – the other being the Higbie Avenue station. [4]