Valley Stream (LIRR station)

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Valley Stream
Location:	Village of Valley Stream
Line(s):	Atlantic Branch
Service(s):	Far Rockaway Branch, Long Beach Branch, and West Hempstead Branch
Opened:	June 1869[1]
Electrified:	December 11, 1905

Valley Stream is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch serving the residents of Valley Stream, and is the first station (travelling eastbound) in Nassau County. The station can platform a 10-car train, and service is provided on both the Far Rockaway Branch and Long Beach Branch. Valley Stream is also a terminal for off peak West Hempstead Branch trains. The station is fully wheelchair accessible with an elevator from street level. Parking facilities are also available. East of the station, the line splits into two branches. One continuing on as the Far Rockaway Branch in a southernly direction back to Far Rockaway in New York City, and the other continuing eastward to Lynbrook and Babylon alongside Sunrise Highway. The station is located at Franklin Avenue and Sunrise Highway, and is 17.7 miles (28.5 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.

[edit] Connections

• MTA Long Island Bus: N1, N2, N3

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• LIRR station information for Valley Stream
• Valley Stream Station (The SubwayNut)
• Maps and aerial photos
  • Hybrid satellite image/street map from WikiMapia

Previous station		Long Island Rail Road		Next station
Rosedale toward New York terminals		Atlantic Branch (Far Rockaway Branch) (also Long Beach Branch)		Gibson toward Far Rockaway
		Long Beach Branch		Lynbrook toward Long Beach
Terminus		West Hempstead Branch		Westwood toward West Hempstead