Inwood | |||||||||||
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The platforms of Inwood Station |
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Address | Off Doughty Boulevard (two blocks west of Central Avenue) Inwood, New York |
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Connections | MTA Bus: Q113 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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Electrified | December 11, 1905 750V (DC) third rail |
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Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
Formerly | Westville (Unknown-1889) | ||||||||||
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Passengers (2006) | 1,451[1] | ||||||||||
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Inwood is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in Inwood, in Nassau County, New York, United States. The station is located at Doughty Boulevard and Foote Avenue, and is 22.4 miles (36 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.
Inwood Station currently exists as little more than two high-level sheltered side platforms, both of which run beneath the underpass for the Nassau Expressway. It is the penultimate station on the Far Rockaway Branch, and the last one in Nassau County before the line re-enters New York City.
This station has two high-level side platforms, each six cars long. The south platform, adjacent to Track 1, is generally used by northbound or inbound trains. The north platform, adjacent to Track 2, is generally used by southbound or Far Rockaway-bound trains. The Far Rockaway Branch has two tracks at this location.