Atlantic Branch

The Atlantic Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It is the only LIRR line with revenue passenger service in the borough of Brooklyn.

Atlantic Branch
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerLong Island Rail Road
LocaleWestern Long Island, New York, USA
Termini
Stations8 passenger, 1 employee-only
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemLong Island Rail Road
Services (Atlantic Shuttle)
  West Hempstead Branch
(Peak Only) (Peak Only)
Operator(s)Metropolitan Transportation Authority
History
Opened1836 (west of Jamaica)
1867 (east of Jamaica)
Technical
Line length15.7 mi (25.3 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationThird rail, 750 V DC
Route map

0.0 mi
0 km
Atlantic Terminal
Atlantic Avenue Viaduct
1.6 mi
2.6 km
Nostrand Avenue
4.0 mi
6.4 km
East New York
Woodhaven (closed)
Woodhaven Junction (closed)
Clarenceville (closed)
Morris Park (closed)
Montauk Branch
to Long Island City
8.5 mi
13.7 km
Morris Park Facility (Boland's Landing)
Main Line
to Long Island City & Penn Station
Dunton (closed)
Zone 1
Zone 3
9.3 mi
15 km
Jamaica
Hempstead Oyster Bay Port Jefferson
Ronkonkoma Montauk via Main Line
Beaver Street (closed)
South Street (closed)
Cedar Manor (closed)
12.2 mi
19.6 km
Locust Manor
Higbie Avenue (closed)
13.1 mi
21.1 km
Laurelton
Montauk Branch
via St. Albans
14.0 mi
22.5 km
Rosedale
Queens
Nassau
Zone 3
Zone 4
15.7 mi
25.3 km
Valley Stream
West Hempstead
Babylon Long Beach via Montauk
Distances shown from Atlantic Terminal

The line consists of two sections constructed separately. The portion of the line from Atlantic Terminal to Jamaica was constructed as part of the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad and opened in 1836, while the portion from Jamaica to Valley Stream was constructed as part of the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1867.

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