Jamaica station

The Jamaica station is a major train station of the Long Island Rail Road located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. With weekday ridership exceeding 200,000 passengers, it is the largest transit hub on Long Island, the fourth-busiest rail station in North America, and the second-busiest station that exclusively serves commuter traffic. It is the third-busiest rail hub in the New York area, behind Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal. Over 1,000 trains pass through each day, the fourth-most in the New York area behind Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal, and Secaucus Junction.

Jamaica
Track 3, Platform B at Jamaica station, looking west.
General information
Location93-02 Sutphin Boulevard
Jamaica, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°41′59″N 73°48′28″W
Line(s)
Distance
  • 11.3 mi (18.2 km) from Penn Station
  • 10.5 mi (16.9 km) from Grand Central Madison
  • 9.3 mi (15.0 km) from Atlantic Terminal
  • 9.3 mi (15.0 km) Long Island City via the Main Line
  • 9.0 mi (14.5 km) from Long Island City via the Montauk Branch
Platforms6 island platforms (cross-platform interchange)
Tracks10
Bus operatorsMTA New York City Transit, Nassau Inter County Express
Connections
  • New York City Subway: at Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport
  • AirTrain JFK: Jamaica
  • New York City Bus: Q20A, Q20B, Q24, Q30, Q31, Q43, Q44 SBS, Q54, Q56
  • MTA Bus: Q6, Q8, Q9, Q25, Q34, Q40, Q41, Q60, Q65
  • Nassau Inter-County Express: n4
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1836 (1836)
Rebuilt1912–1913 (1913),
2001–2006 (2006)
Passengers
2017over 200,000 on weekdays
Rank2 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
East New York City Terminal Zone
Atlantic shuttle
Terminus
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Hempstead Branch Hollis
toward Hempstead
East New York
through to City Terminal Zone Belmont Park Branch
special events
Belmont Park
Terminus
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Long Beach Branch Locust Manor
toward Long Beach
East New York
AM Peak Service begins 9/05
Penn Station
Terminus
Oyster Bay Branch Mineola
toward Oyster Bay
Hunterspoint Avenue
limited service
toward Long Island City
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Ronkonkoma Branch Mineola
toward Greenport
Elmont
limited service
toward Greenport
Penn Station
Terminus
Montauk Branch Babylon
toward Montauk
Hunterspoint Avenue
limited service
toward Long Island City
Mineola
limited service
toward Montauk
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Far Rockaway Branch Locust Manor
East New York
AM Peak Service begins 9/05
Woodside
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Babylon Branch Lynbrook
toward Babylon
East New York
AM Peak Service Ends 9/05
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
West Hempstead Branch St. Albans
toward West Hempstead
East New York
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Port Jefferson Branch Floral Park
toward Port Jefferson
Hunterspoint Avenue
limited service
toward Long Island City
Hollis
limited service
toward Port Jefferson
East New York
AM Peak Service begins 9/05
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Dunton
toward Long Island City or Penn Station
Main Line Union Hall Street
toward Greenport
Dunton
toward Long Island City
Montauk Division Union Hall Street
toward Montauk
Dunton Atlantic Division Cedar Manor
toward Valley Stream
Proposed services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
New York
toward Norfolk, Newport News or Roanoke
Northeast Regional Mineola
toward Ronkonkoma

The Jamaica station is located on an embankment above street level and contains six platforms and ten tracks for LIRR trains. A concourse above the LIRR platforms connects to a station on the AirTrain JFK elevated people mover to John F. Kennedy International Airport, which contains two tracks and one platform. There are also connections to the Archer Avenue lines of the New York City Subway at a separate station directly below. The area just outside is served by several local bus routes, and others terminate within a few blocks of the station.

The station is located at the junction between the between the LIRR's three main trunk routes, its Main Line, Atlantic Branch, and Montauk Branch. Due to this, all LIRR passenger service barring the Port Washington Branch operates through here, with it being common for commuters to "Change at Jamaica" between trains to travel between points on Long Island and the four New York City terminals.

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