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The full-time fare control area is at the southern end and includes seven regular turnstiles. [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.
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 plans for the Archer Avenue Lines emerged in the 1960s under the city and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s Program for Action. [3] The Archer Avenue subway's groundbreaking took place on August 15, 1972, at Archer Avenue and 151st Street, [4] [5] and the station's design started on December 7, 1973.
The fare to enter or exit at Howard Beach and Jamaica was originally $5, [145] though preliminary plans included a discounted fare of $2 for airport and airline employees. [194] In June 2019, the Port Authority proposed raising AirTrain JFK's fare to $7.75, [ 226 ] [ 227 ] and the fare increase was approved that September. [ 228 ]
The routes proceed south to Jamaica Avenue, then west to Sutphin Boulevard, terminating at Sutphin Boulevard and 94th Avenue underneath the Jamaica station for the LIRR and AirTrain JFK. This terminal is shared with the parallel Q65 route, which serves 164th Street. Between the Whitestone Expressway and Jamaica, the Q25 employs limited-stop ...
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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
The platforms, as viewed looking east from the 61st Street–Woodside station. Woodside originally had two railroad stations. One was built in 1861 on 60th Street by the LIRR subsidiary New York and Jamaica Railroad; the other, larger station was built by the Flushing and North Side Railroad on November 15, 1869, and was the first to be built by the F&NS after acquiring the troubled New York ...