Hillside Facility (LIRR station)
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| Hillside Facility (LIRR Employees Only) |
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| Location: | Hollis, Queens |
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| Line(s): | Main Line (Long Island Rail Road), Belmont Park Branch (LIRR),
Hempstead Branch (LIRR), Oyster Bay Branch (LIRR), Port Jefferson Branch (LIRR), Ronkonkoma Branch (LIRR) |
| Opened: | 1991 |
| Former name(s): | Holban Yards |
The Hillside Facility is a maintenance facility of the Long Island Rail Road in Hollis, Queens, New York City, United States. It is the first stop along the Main Line of the LIRR east of Jamaica Station. Like the Morris Park Facility west of Jamaica Station, Hillside Facility is for LIRR employees only.
Hillside facility was built starting in 1984 and completely finished in 1991 on the grounds of the former Holban Yards. The facility is 30 acres wide, and boasts the ability to maintain 60 cars at a time.
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- LIRR station page for Hillside
- Unofficial LIRR history website
- Hillside Facility (LIRR station) is at coordinates Coordinates:
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toward New York terminals
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Main Line (Hempstead Branch) (also Oyster Bay Branch, Port Jefferson Branch, and Ronkonkoma Branch) |
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