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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.
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]
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.
The next stop to the west is Jamaica–Van Wyck for E trains and 121st Street for J and Z trains. The next stop to the east is Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer. [29] Like the other stations on the Archer Avenue Line, Sutphin Boulevard is fully ADA-accessible. [30] Both platforms are 600 feet (183 m) in length, standard for a full-length B ...
On October 8, 2016, a commuter LIRR train side-swiped a maintenance train east of New Hyde Park station. The commuter train cars suffered damage and 33 passengers were injured, four of them seriously injured. [187] On January 4, 2017, a Long Island Rail Road commuter train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn. At least 103 people were injured.
New York Penn Station (NYP) – Trains that, from Jamaica, travel west along the Main Line to Penn Station in Manhattan via the East River Tunnels. Grand Central Madison (GCM) – Trains that travel along the Main Line to Grand Central Madison via East Side Access , which includes the lower level of the 63rd Street Tunnel and a new tunnel under ...
The LIRR carried through with the NY&J purchase on April 25, along with the purchase of a short piece of the Brooklyn and Jamaica at Jamaica. [13] The new line to Hunters Point was officially opened on May 9, 1861, with regular service starting May 10, using a portion of the tracks of the Flushing Railroad between Winfield and Hunters Point.
LIRR maps and schedules show Hempstead Branch service continuing west along the Main Line to Jamaica. Hempstead Branch trains provide most service at Hollis and Queens Village . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The line is double tracked to just east of Garden City Station, where it is reduced to one track at Garden Interlocking for the final 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to ...