Talk:Jamaica (LIRR station)

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[edit] Navigation blocks

I know this is a pain, but I think the navigation blocks would make more sense if "west' were on the left and "east' on the right, so they would match a map where "north" was at the top, the standard convention.--agr 11:14, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't know what you mean. All the stations west of Jamaica are to the left and those that are to the east are on the right, and are ordered from north to south. Tinlinkin 05:21, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peak inbound schedule

I'm making this (based on the December 18, 2006 schedule) to help clarify for myself which lines trains use and how they pass through Jamaica. --NE2 21:14, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Time at Jamaica To Via From Via Train number
550 Penn Main Wantagh Montauk? 1099
553 Penn Main Huntington Main 601
556 Penn Main Babylon Montauk? 13
559 Penn Main Ronkonkoma Main 2007
559 Flatbush Atlantic Far Rockaway Atlantic 2807
611 Penn Main Long Beach Atlantic 807/901
613 Penn Main Huntington Main 1611/501
613 Flatbush Atlantic Babylon Montauk 15
620 Penn Main Ronkonkoma Main 2009
620 Hunterspoint Main Port Jefferson Main 603
623 Penn Main Huntington Main 1615
625 Penn Main Babylon Montauk? 2731/17
628 Penn Main Far Rockaway Atlantic? 2809
628 Flatbush Atlantic Hempstead Main 711
631 Penn Main Farmingdale Main 2301
634 Penn Main Massapequa Park Montauk? 1001
N/A Penn 658 Main Speonk Montauk? - could even use Main/Central 2733
640 Penn Main Babylon Montauk? 19
643 Penn Main Ronkonkoma Main 2099
647 Penn Main Oyster Bay Main 503
647 Flatbush Atlantic Long Beach Atlantic 809
650 Penn Main Massapequa Park Montauk? 1003
651 Flatbush Atlantic Hempstead Main 799
653 Penn Main Hicksville Main 1203
655 Penn Main Babylon Montauk? 25
658 Penn Main Huntington Main 1617
701 Penn Main Port Jefferson Main 605
704 Penn Main Massapequa Park Montauk? 1005
704 Flatbush Atlantic Far Rockaway Atlantic 2811
705 Penn Main Ronkonkoma Main 2011
709 Penn Main Long Beach Atlantic? 811
709 Long Island City Main Speonk Montauk? 2735
N/A Penn 730 Main Ronkonkoma Main 2013
N/A Penn 733 Main Lindenhurst Montauk? 1007
710 Penn Main Hempstead Main 713
710 Flatbush Atlantic Babylon Montauk? 27
N/A Penn 737 Main Babylon Montauk? 29
N/A Penn 740 Main Freeport Montauk? 1101
718 Penn Main Far Rockaway Atlantic 2813
718 Flatbush Atlantic Huntington Main 1619
723 Penn Main Westbury Main 2401
723 Flatbush Atlantic West Hempstead Montauk 903
723 Hunterspoint Main Port Jefferson Main 607
N/A Penn 743 Main Wantagh Montauk? 1009
N/A Penn 748 Main Farmingdale Main 2303
728 Penn Main Babylon Montauk? 31
728 none?? Oyster Bay Main 505
731 Penn Main Hempstead Main 715
731 Flatbush Atlantic Long Beach Atlantic 813
731 Hunterspoint Main Huntington Main 1621
N/A Penn 757 Main Long Beach Atlantic? 815
737 Penn Main Ronkonkoma Main 2015
737 Flatbush Atlantic Massapequa Park Montauk? 1011
741 Penn Main Westbury Main 2403
741 Flatbush Atlantic Babylon Montauk? 33
741 Long Island City Main Port Jefferson Main 609
N/A Penn 803 Main Hempstead Main 717
745 Penn Main Far Rockaway Atlantic 2815
745 Flatbush Atlantic West Hempstead Montauk? 905
N/A Penn 806 Main Central Islip Main 2017
N/A Penn 808 Main Massapequa Park Montauk? 1013
N/A Penn 810 Main Huntington Main 1623
N/A Penn 813 Main Freeport Montauk? 1103
753 Penn Main East Williston Main 1501
753 Flatbush Atlantic Far Rockaway Atlantic? 2817
N/A Penn 816 Main Wantagh Montauk? 1015
N/A Penn 817 Main Hicksville Main 1205
756 Flatbush Atlantic Ronkonkoma Main 201/2019
N/A Penn 819 Main Ronkonkoma Main 2021
759 Penn Main Babylon Montauk? 35
759 Flatbush Atlantic Hempstead Main 719
N/A Penn 822 Main Long Beach Atlantic 817
801 Penn Main Speonk Montauk? 2737
803 Flatbush Atlantic Huntington Main 1625
N/A Penn 825 Main Cold Spring Harbor Main 1627
N/A Penn 828 Main Ronkonkoma Main 2023
806 Penn Main West Hempstead Montauk 907
811 Long Island City Montauk? Oyster Bay Main 507
N/A Penn 831 Main Merrick Montauk? 1017
812 Penn Main Long Beach Atlantic? 819
812 Flatbush Atlantic Hempstead Main 721
N/A Hunterspoint 830 Main Port Jefferson Main 611
815 Flatbush Atlantic Seaford Montauk? 1019
N/A Penn 837 Main Huntington Main 1629
N/A Penn 840 Main Wantagh Montauk? 1021
819 Penn Main Valley Stream Atlantic 2819
819 Long Island City Main Montauk Main 2703
822 Penn Main Far Rockaway Atlantic? 2821
822 Flatbush Atlantic Babylon Montauk? 2761/39
825 Penn Main Babylon Montauk? 43
825 Hunterspoint Main Port Jefferson Main 613
828 Penn Main Ronkonkoma Main 2025
N/A Penn 850 Main Freeport Montauk? 1105
N/A Penn 851 Main Hempstead Main 723
833 Penn Main Bethpage Main 2309
833 Flatbush Atlantic Long Beach Atlantic 821
N/A Penn 854 Main Long Beach Atlantic? 823
N/A Penn 856 Main Babylon Montauk? 45
838 Hunterspoint Main Oyster Bay Main 509
841 Penn Main Long Beach Atlantic? 825
843 Penn Main Far Rockaway Atlantic? 2823
843 Flatbush Atlantic Ronkonkoma Main 2031
849 Penn Main Huntington Main 1631
849 Penn Main Freeport Montauk? 1107
852 Penn Main Babylon Montauk? 47
852 Flatbush Atlantic Hempstead Main 725
853 Hunterspoint Main Speonk Montauk? - could even use Main/Central 2739
856 Penn Main Ronkonkoma Main 2033
858 Penn Main Far Rockaway Atlantic 2825
858 Flatbush Atlantic West Hempstead Montauk? 909
904 Penn Main Port Jefferson Main 615
910 Penn Main Babylon Montauk? 49
910 Flatbush Atlantic Long Beach Atlantic? 827
912 Long Island City Main Oyster Bay Main 511
916 Penn Main Babylon Montauk? 2741/51
916 Flatbush Atlantic Hempstead Main 727
930 Penn Main Babylon Montauk 53
930 Flatbush Atlantic Far Rockaway Atlantic? 2827
933 Penn Main Long Beach Atlantic 829
936 Penn Main Ronkonkoma Main 2035
936 Flatbush Atlantic Hempstead Main 729

A few notes:

  • Only one train possibly uses the Lower Montauk Branch. This one comes from the Main Line.
  • Trains on the Main Line or Atlantic Branch west of Jamaica can come from any branch to the east.
  • Train 505 appears to terminate at Jamaica.
  • Every train that stops between Jamaica and Valley Stream uses the branch that requires no switching at Valley Interlocking. Thus the others probably use the branch guessed.
  • Two trains make no stops between Jamaica and Babylon, and may use the Central Branch. Train 2703 from Montauk definitely uses the Central Branch, since it stops at Hicksville and Mineola.

--NE2 23:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't know how the above is useful for the Jamaica article. Maybe you should transfer it to your user space? Tinlinkin 12:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
I find your schedule construction fascinating, though. :) Tinlinkin 12:23, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
It would be useful for adding a paragraph about train paths through Jamaica - that all three lines to the east and both major lines to the west are connected. --NE2 09:16, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Future Infobox?

Is anybody working on a future infobox for this page? I've been considering one. ---- DanTD 20:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey!

This station is nearest JFK airport,isn't it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fila934 (talk • contribs) 06:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)