Forest Hills (LIRR station)

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Forest Hills
Location:	Forest Hills, Queens
Line(s):	Main Line
Service(s):	City Terminal Zone
Opened:	1906
Electrified:	June 16, 1910

Forest Hills is a wheelchair accessible station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, serving the residents of Forest Hills, Queens and is located within the City Terminal Zone. There are two side platforms, which can hold a 4-car train. The station is located within Fare Zone 1, and is in the CityTicket program. The station is located in an area of Forest Hills known as Station Square. The station is the only one in the system not to have standard blue and white signage. Instead, there are plaques and historic style signage within and around the station, complementing to the architecture to the stationhouse, and the surrounding area.

The station is located at Austin Street and Continental Avenue (71st Avenue), just south of Queens Boulevard. Passengers can connect to the Q23 and Q65A MTA bus lines as well as the E, F, G, R, and V subway lines at the 71st-Continental Avenue station.