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On January 1, 2012, service to the Valley Stream LIRR station was restored. [ 33 ] On March 30, 2014, six eastbound AM reverse-peak trips and 10 westbound PM reverse-peak trips were cut back from Jamaica to Elmont Road since ridership was found to be much lower on this section of the route.
Jamaica is a major transfer station between branches, as it provides the interchange from the eastern Long Island stations to the western New York terminals and vice versa. Other inter-branch transfer stations include Woodside , Mineola , Hicksville , Valley Stream , Lynbrook and Babylon .
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 passenger service. [3]
Two former stations existed in Jamaica prior to the current one, serving two different railroads. The first was the LIRR's original Jamaica Station ("Old Jamaica"), built c. 1836 as the terminus of the LIRR. It was remodeled in 1869 and again in 1872, only to be completely rebuilt between 1882 and 1883 adjacent to and in use concurrently with ...
It is electrified from Jamaica east to Babylon. Trains operating east of Babylon are listed as Montauk Branch service and are hauled by diesel locomotives, while trains using the line from Jamaica to Babylon are labeled as Babylon Branch trains. The portion of the line between Long Island City and Jamaica, known as the Lower Montauk Branch, no ...
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.
As of February 27, 2023, the Atlantic Terminal, Nostrand Avenue, and East New York stations are primarily served by a shuttle running between Atlantic Terminal and Jamaica. These stations are also served by trains on the West Hempstead Branch, as well as a limited number of weekday trains on the Hempstead and Babylon branches.
The station at dusk in September 2016 Babylon Yard, east of the station. Babylon station originally opened as a South Side Railroad of Long Island depot on October 28, 1867. . It was briefly renamed Seaside station in the summer of 1868, but resumed its original name of Babylon station in 18