Queens Village (LIRR station)

Queens Village

The front entrance to Queens Village Station from Amboy Lane on the corner of Jamaica Avenue & Springfield Boulevard.
Station statistics
Address Jamaica Avenue & Springfield Boulevard
Queens Village, NY
Lines
  Main Line
(Hempstead Branch)
(also Oyster Bay Branch,
Port Jefferson Branch,
and Ronkonkoma Branch)
Connections NYCT Bus: Q1, Q27, Q36, Q88, Q83 (nights)
Nassau Inter-County Express: n24
P & J Car Service
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 5 (1 used for storage)
Parking Yes; Metered and Private
Other information
Opened 1879[1]
Rebuilt 1924
Electrified October 2, 1905?
750V (DC) third rail
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 3
Formerly Queens (1879-1924)[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 1,582[3]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Main Line
(Port Jefferson Branch)
(also Oyster Bay Branch
and Ronkonkoma Branch)
Hempstead Branch
toward Hempstead

Queens Village is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, located between 218th Street and Springfield Boulevard in Queens Village, Queens, New York City. It has two side platforms along the four-track line, and only serves Hempstead Branch trains. The two-story station house is located along Platform A, for Jamaica and Manhattan bound commuters. A storage track exists behind Platform B for Hempstead bound commuters. Just east of the station is Queens Interlocking, a universal interlocking that splits the four-track line into two parallel two-track lines — the Main Line and Hempstead Branch — and controls the junction with the spur to Belmont Park.

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History

Queens Village station originally opened at ground level as Queens station in 1879 (some sources say 1881). The original station house contained a sign with the distance to Long Island City and Greenport stations.[4] The station house was moved to a private location as a new one was being built as part of a grade elimination project, and opened on September 24, 1924. It was then renamed "Queens Village."

Platforms and tracks

The station has two high-level side platforms, each eight cars long. The north platform, next to Track 3, is generally used by westbound or New York City-bound trains. The south platform, next to Track 4, is generally used by eastbound trains.

The Main Line has four tracks; the two middle tracks, not next to either platform, are used by through trains. A storage track is south of the south platform.

References

  1. ^ "Long Island Railroad". Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 1. October 3, 1879. http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArchiveView.asp?BaseHref=BEG/1879/10/03&Page=1&skin=BE. 
  2. ^ Long Island Railroad Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
  3. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  4. ^ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations (Images of Rail). Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738511803. 

External links

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