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{{short description|Long Island Rail Road branch}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name            = Montauk Branch
| color           = {{rcr|LIRR|Montauk}}
| image           = LIRR Cannonball train 2798.jpg
| image_width     = 300px
| caption         = The ''[[Cannonball (LIRR train)|Cannonball]]'' runs express through [[Bay Shore station|Bay Shore]] to the Hamptons along the Montauk Branch
| type            = [[Commuter rail]], [[freight train|freight rail]]
| system          = [[Long Island Rail Road]]
| status          = Operational
| locale          = [[Long Island]], New York, USA
| start           = [[Long Island City (LIRR station)|Long Island City]] (physical line); [[Babylon station|Babylon]] (service pattern)
| end             = [[Montauk (LIRR station)|Montauk]]
| stations        = 33 (physical line); 16 (service pattern)
| routes          = {{rail color box|system=LIRR|line=West Hempstead}}
{{rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Babylon}}
{{rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Montauk}}
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| ridership2      = 1,762,578 (annual ridership, 2023)<ref name=ridership>{{cite web | title=2023 ANNUAL RIDERSHIP REPORT | website=mta.info | date= | url=https://new.mta.info/document/138216| access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref>
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| owner           = [[Long Island Rail Road]]
| operator        = [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (passenger)<br />[[New York and Atlantic Railway]] (freight)
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| tracks          = 2 (from Long Island City to [[Sayville (LIRR station)|Sayville]])<br />1 (east of Sayville)
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The '''Montauk Branch''' is a [[Track (rail transport)|rail line]] owned and operated by the [[Long Island Rail Road]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. The line runs the length of [[Long Island]], 115 miles (185&nbsp;km) from [[Long Island City (LIRR station)|Long Island City]] to [[Montauk (LIRR station)|Montauk]]. However, in LIRR maps and schedules for public use, the term ''Montauk Branch'' refers to the line east of [[Babylon station|Babylon]]; service from [[Jamaica station|Jamaica]] to Babylon is covered by separate [[Babylon Branch]] schedules, while the line west of Jamaica is currently unused for passenger service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/map/22461|title=MTA Railroads|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]}}</ref> A select number of Montauk Branch trains operate via the [[Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)|Main Line]] and [[Central Branch (Long Island Rail Road)|Central Branch]] during peak hours.<ref name=timetable>{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/85016 |title=LIRR Montauk Branch Timetable|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]}}</ref>

==Route description==
===Lower Montauk===
[[file:Richmond Hill LIRR Lower Montauk branch in 2019.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Lower Montauk Branch (defunct Richmond Hill station) in 2019]]
The westernmost portion of the Montauk Branch in Queens, known as the "Lower Montauk," runs between the [[Long Island City station|Long Island City]] and [[Jamaica station]]s, mostly at street level with [[grade crossing]]s. East of the Long Island City station, the abandoned [[Montauk Cutoff]] merges with the branch, after both cross Dutch Kills. The Lower Montauk Branch had nine stations, four of which were closed by 1940. The remaining five stations ([[Richmond Hill (LIRR station)|Richmond Hill]], [[Glendale (LIRR station)|Glendale]], [[Fresh Pond (LIRR station)|Fresh Pond]], [[Haberman (LIRR station)|Haberman]], and [[Penny Bridge (LIRR station)|Penny Bridge]]) were closed on March 13, 1998,<ref name="NYT close">{{cite news |first=Somini |last=Sengupta |title=End of the Line for L.I.R.R.'s 10 Loneliest Stops |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E6D81439F936A25750C0A96E958260 |work=New York Times |date=March 15, 1998 |access-date=December 24, 2007 |quote=After 122 years, Glendale saw its last train on Friday.}}</ref> due to low ridership and incompatibility with then-new [[C3 (railcar)|C3]] bi-level coach cars that can only use high platforms (only Richmond Hill had an actual platform; the other four stations' platforms were just pavement strips beside the tracks). After these stations closed, the LIRR continued to use the Lower Montauk to operate non-stop trains between Jamaica and Long Island City rather than divert them to the Main Line; there were only two such trains at the time of the 1998 station closures, one westbound in the morning, and one eastbound in the evening. These two trains were re-routed north to [[Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR)|Hunterspoint Avenue]] in 2012, effectively ceasing passenger train service on the Lower Montauk. Soon after, full control of the Lower Montauk was transferred to the [[New York and Atlantic Railway]] for freight operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelirrtoday.com/2013/03/the-lirr-says-goodbye-to-lower-montauk.html|title=The LIRR Says Goodbye to Lower Montauk|work=thelirrtoday.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |date=January 2018 |title=Lower Montauk Branch Passenger Rail Study |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/lower-montauk-final-report-jan2018.pdf |publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|page=4}}</ref>

The [[New York City Department of Transportation]] has periodically floated proposals to repurpose the Lower Montauk Branch for rapid transit operations. In 1984, the Department studied an option to connect the branch to the [[New York City Subway]] through a proposed connection to the [[63rd Street Lines|IND 63rd Street Line]] in Long Island City.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2024/Ridgewood%20NY%20Times/Ridgewood%20NY%20Times%201983/Ridgewood%20NY%20Times%201983%2000361_2.pdf |title=Community Board Hears 'Subway Options' Plans |work=Ridgewood Times |date=April 21, 1983 |page=9}}</ref> This proposal was unpopular in the communities surrounding the branch.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2024/Ridgewood%20NY%20Times/Ridgewood%20NY%20Times%201983/Ridgewood%20NY%20Times%201983%2000774_2.pdf |title=Glendale Chamber Joins Montauk Option Foes |last=DiStephan |first=Denise |date=August 18, 1983 |work=Ridgewood Times |page=1}}</ref> In 2017, the Department studied a plan to operate [[light rail]] service on the Lower Montauk Branch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lower Montauk Branch Rail Study |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/lower-montauk-rail-study-jan2017.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407161859/https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/lower-montauk-rail-study-jan2017.pdf |archive-date=7 April 2017 |website=New York City Department of Transportation}}</ref>

After [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]] opened in 1910, the Lower Montauk became primarily a freight route, and when the present Jamaica station opened in 1913, the two Lower Montauk tracks continued past the south side of the station, south of Hall tower and the south [[Union Hall Street station|Union Hall Street]] platform and on to [[Holban Yard]]. Those two tracks now carry trains to/from the Hillside Facility that has replaced Holban Yard; they can also carry nonstop Main Line trains past Jamaica station. East from Jamaica the Montauk Branch runs between the Main Line tracks (with two usually westward Main Line tracks north of it and two eastward tracks south of it) until just west of [[Hillside Facility]].  At {{coord|40.70585|-73.7845|display=inline}} the Montauk Branch rises to cross above the other tracks and turns southeast. At {{coord|40.667|-73.747|display=inline}} it swings parallel to the [[Atlantic Branch]] between its [[Laurelton station|Laurelton]] and [[Rosedale station (LIRR)|Rosedale]] stations. The Montauk Branch east of Jamaica is 0.7 mile longer than the Atlantic.

===Babylon Branch===
{{main|Babylon Branch}}
The portion between Jamaica and [[Babylon station]]s has been electrified since 1925, and electric trains to Babylon are often identified as a separate service, the [[Babylon Branch]]. It is grade-separated on embankments or elevated structures. From Babylon east to Montauk, diesel-electric or dual-mode electric/diesel-electric locomotives haul trains of passenger coaches.

The [[electrified (rail)|electrified]] portion of the Montauk Branch ends in the village of [[Babylon (village), New York|Babylon]]. Some of the [[diesel (rail)|diesel]] trains on the Montauk branch begin or end their runs at Babylon station, connecting with electric trains there. Other Montauk diesel trains operate into New York City, to Jamaica station; Hunterspoint Avenue or Long Island City stations in [[Long Island City]]; or Penn Station.

The Montauk Branch, along with the parallel Atlantic Branch, spawns three subsidiary branches: the [[West Hempstead Branch]], [[Far Rockaway Branch]], and [[Long Beach Branch]].

===East of Babylon===
The terminal stations in diesel territory, east of Babylon, are Patchogue, Speonk, Southampton, and Montauk; South Fork Commuter Connection shuttles may short-turn at Hampton Bays and Amagansett. The Montauk Branch is double-tracked from just east of Long Island City (where there is a short segment of single track) all the way through Babylon, becoming single track at Y Interlocking east of the [[Sayville station]]. Some Montauk Branch trains operate west to NYC via the diesel-only [[Central Branch (Long Island Rail Road)|Central Branch]], joining the Main Line east of [[Bethpage station]]. Only a few actually run via the Montauk Branch west of Babylon, under normal conditions on the Main Line.

The Montauk Line has heavy ridership and frequent service as far as [[Patchogue station]] and commuter service as far as [[Speonk station]]. In the summer, with travelers going out to [[The Hamptons]], [[Fire Island]] and other beaches, additional service is operated to the far eastern terminal at Montauk, such as the ''[[Cannonball (LIRR train)|Cannonball]]'', a Friday afternoon train departing from [[New York Penn Station|Penn Station]] (originally Hunterspoint Avenue) and running non-stop to [[Westhampton station]] in [[Westhampton, New York|Westhampton]].

The Montauk Branch was home to the last tower in North America that regularly used "hooping" train operations: [[Patchogue station#PD tower|PD Tower]], in Patchogue. "Hooping" is the transfer of instructions to the engineer and conductor by attaching the folded orders to the "hoop", a rod several feet long with a loop at the end that is passed from the ground to a moving train by catching the loop on one's arm. The last train to get hooped at PD was train 2730 on May 6, 2006.<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/patchogue/PD-Chris%20Soundy%20Hooping%20to%20Engr-%205-04-06.jpeg Block Operator Chris Soundy hooping some of the last orders from "PD" tower to the engineer of eastbound DE-30ac #420 (Photo: by Pat Masterson May 4, 2006]</ref>

==History==
Currently, the Montauk Branch intersects with the [[Bushwick Branch]], [[Bay Ridge Branch]], [[West Hempstead Branch]], and [[Central Branch (Long Island Rail Road)|Central Branch]], as well as the [[Main Line (LIRR)|Main Line]] at [[Long Island City, NY|Long Island City]] and [[Jamaica, NY|Jamaica]] and the [[Atlantic Branch]] at Jamaica and [[Valley Stream, NY|Valley Stream]]; the [[Far Rockaway Branch]] and [[Long Beach Branch]] are connected via the Atlantic Branch at Valley Stream. In the past, junctions existed with the [[Rockaway Beach Branch]] (a quarter mile east of [[Woodhaven Boulevard]]), [[Southern Hempstead Branch]] (Valley Stream to [[Hempstead (village), New York|Hempstead]]), [[Manorville Branch]] ([[Eastport, NY|Eastport]] to [[Manorville, NY|Manorville]] on the Main Line), and [[Sag Harbor Branch]] ([[Bridgehampton, NY|Bridgehampton]] to [[Sag Harbor, NY|Sag Harbor]]). In early times, the ''Scoot'' ran frequently between [[Greenport, Suffolk County, New York|Greenport]] on the [[North Fork (Long Island)|North Fork]], "around the horn" on the Manorville Branch, and east to Sag Harbor. In their day, both of those villages were very busy, bustling ports.

===Formation and early days: 1860s to 1925===
{{See also|South Side Railroad of Long Island}}
The [[South Side Railroad of Long Island]] built the line from [[Bushwick, Brooklyn]] to [[Patchogue, NY|Patchogue]] in the 1860s, and completed the new line to Long Island City in 1870.<ref name="PRRC 1870">{{cite web|url= http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1870%20Jan%2005.pdf |title=PRR Chronology, 1870 }}&nbsp;{{small|(57.0&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]])}}, January 2005 Edition</ref> With the reorganization of the South Side as the [[Southern Railroad of Long Island]] in 1874 and its lease by the LIRR in 1876, this line became the '''Southern Railroad Division''',<ref>Long Island Railroad Company, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wOuzr3set1AC Long Island and where to Go], 1877</ref> '''Southern Railroad of Long Island Division''', or simply '''Southern Division'''.<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=Long Island|date = August 22, 1877|page=1}}</ref> Effective Sunday, June 25, 1876, all Southern Division passenger trains were rerouted to use the LIRR main line from [[Berlin Junction]] (west of Jamaica) to [[Rockaway Junction]], and the LIRR's [[Cedarhurst Cutoff|Rockaway Branch]] to [[Springfield Junction (Long Island Rail Road)|Springfield Junction]], where it crossed the Southern. This change resulted in the closure of the Southern's [[Berlin (South Side Railroad of Long Island station)|Berlin]], [[Beaver Street (LIRR station)|Beaver Street]] (Jamaica), [[Locust Avenue (LIRR station)|Locust Avenue]], and [[Springfield (LIRR Atlantic Branch station)|Springfield]] stations.<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=Railroad Changes|date = June 27, 1876|page=2}}</ref> The old line between Jamaica and Springfield, which became freight-only, was renamed the [[Old Southern Road]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arrts-arrchives.com/oldsouthernroad.html|title=oldsouthernroad|work=arrts-arrchives.com}}</ref> The Southern was reorganized as the [[Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad]] in 1879,<ref name=Seyfried>[[Vincent F. Seyfried]], [[s:The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I.|The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I.]], 1961</ref> and on March 14, 1880, the name was changed from the Southern Division to the '''Montauk Division'''.<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=Railroad Reorganization|date = March 15, 1880|page=10}}</ref><!--it went via Rockaway Junction - December 8, 1880 page 3 confirms this--> Thus the old South Side Railroad, except between Jamaica and Springfield Junction, was now the Montauk Division.

The LIRR opened the [[Sag Harbor Branch]], including the present Montauk Branch from [[Eastport, NY|Eastport]] to [[Bridgehampton, NY|Bridgehampton]], on June 8, 1870.<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=Railroad Dedication|date = June 6, 1870|page=2}}</ref> On July 27, 1881, after the South Side became part of the LIRR, its line – then the Montauk Division – was extended east to the Sag Harbor Branch at Eastport.<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=Another Link|date = July 22, 1881|page=4}}</ref> The Sag Harbor Branch east of Eastport became part of the Montauk Division,<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=Golden Days|date = August 1, 1881|page=4}}</ref> and the old line from [[Manor, NY|Manor]] (Manorville) to Eastport became the [[Manor Branch]].<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=A Forest Fire|date = June 13, 1896|page=4}}</ref> An extension to [[Montauk, NY|Montauk]], splitting off the old Sag Harbor Branch at Bridgehampton, opened to [[Amagansett, NY|Amagansett]] on June 1, 1895<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=Latest Long Island News|date = June 1, 1895|page=7}}</ref> and to Montauk by September,<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=The Fall Time Table|date = September 7, 1895|page=7}}</ref> and the line between Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor reverted to the old Sag Harbor Branch name.<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=New Block Signals|date = March 8, 1896|page=7}}</ref>

===Babylon electrification: 1925 to present===
Electrification of the Montauk Division from Jamaica to [[Babylon (village), New York|Babylon]] was completed on May 20, 1925,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arrts-arrchives.com/babelectr.html|title=LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD BABYLON ELECTRIFICATION|work=arrts-arrchives.com}}</ref> and normal operation began the next day.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1925%20Jul%2004.wd.pdf |title=PRR Chronology, PRR Chronology, 1925 }}, June 2004 Edition</ref> The [[Central Extension (Long Island Rail Road)|Central Extension]] between [[Bethpage, NY|Bethpage]] and Babylon was reopened for freight trains that had run via the Montauk Division.<ref name=Seyfried/>

The Montauk station was initially near the center of a sleepy fishing village at the north end of Fort Pond (where Austin Corbin built a pier in his unsuccessful effort to have trans-Atlantic ships dock there.) The [[Great Hurricane of 1938]] devastated the terminus area and tore up sections of the roadbed. The population center then moved two miles (3&nbsp;km) to the south, away from the station.

In 1953, amid bankruptcy, the LIRR sought to abandon the Montauk branch east of Patchogue and operate bus service in its place. It cited low, predominantly non-commuter ridership and proximity to the Main Line, and potential savings of $450,000 per year.<ref name="1953closure">{{cite news |title=L.I.R.R. Files to End Montauk Branch |date=November 21, 1953 |pages=1, 19 |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/11/21/84430226.html?pageNumber=1 |access-date=June 26, 2023}}</ref> The [[East Hampton (town), New York|Town of East Hampton]] protested this proposed closure, highlighting the potential for increased vehicular traffic due to lack of alternative means of travel,<ref name="1953closure"/> and the line ultimately remained open.

1998 saw the closure of three lightly used stations: [[Center Moriches (LIRR station)|Center Moriches]], [[Quogue (LIRR station)|Quogue]], and [[Southampton Campus (LIRR station)|Southampton College]].<ref name="NYT close"/> [[Bellport station|Bellport]] was also due to be closed at the same time, but was kept open and upgraded following community opposition.<ref name=1998oppose>{{cite news |title=LIRR Scaling Back / 10 little-used stations to close in March |work=Newsday |date=1998-02-24 |first=Mitchell |last=Freedman |id={{ProQuest|279065499}} <!--|access-date=2023-06-21-->}}</ref>  Southampton College was temporarily reinstated for the [[2004 U.S. Open (golf)|2004]] and [[2018 U.S. Open (golf)|2018]] [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] tournaments at the nearby [[Shinnecock Hills Golf Club]], along with a steel walkway over [[Montauk Highway]]. At the conclusion of the tournament, the walkway was dismantled and the temporary platform was removed.

On April 16, 2019, New York State Assemblyman [[Fred Thiele]] announced that funding to design improvements on the Montauk Branch would likely be included in the 2019–2020 state budget. The funding would be used by the LIRR to design three passing sidings to be installed on the line in single-track territory between Speonk and Montauk. The installation of passing sidings would allow for increased service on the South Fork Commuter Connection. MTA President and CEO [[Pat Foye]] said that improvements to the Montauk Branch were identified in the LIRR's request for the MTA's Twenty-Year Needs Assessment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/General-Interest-Southampton/589628/State-Looks-To-Designate-Funds-For-Expansion-Of-The-LIRR-Montauk-Branch|title=State Looks To Designate Funds For Expansion Of The LIRR Montauk Branch – Southampton|last=Wehner|first=Greg|date=April 16, 2019|website=www.27east.com|access-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref>
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<gallery widths="225px" heights="200px">
File:Montauk Branch goes under Woodhaven Blvd jeh.jpg|88th Street [[grade crossing]] over the Lower Montauk Branch; [[Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards|Woodhaven Boulevard]] overpass in background.
File:Montauk Branch Grand Av jeh.JPG|Lower Montauk passing over [[Grand Street and Grand Avenue|Grand Avenue]]
File:Montauk LIRR.jpg|Track 8 at LIRR Jamaica Station, awaiting the arrival of a Montauk bound train.
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==Stations==
West Hempstead Branch trains split off at VALLEY interlocking, just east of [[Valley Stream station]]. Babylon Branch trains terminate at Babylon, while Montauk Branch trains continue beyond. Many non-electric Montauk Branch trains that run express between Jamaica and Babylon run via the Main Line and Central Branch, with limited service to {{lirrs|Mineola}} and {{lirrs|Hicksville}} stations.<ref name=timetable/>

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! rowspan="2" |Zone<ref name=zone>{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/lirr/about/TicketInfo/Fares.htm |title=New Fares — Effective April 21, 2019 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |Location
! colspan="3" |Services
! rowspan="2" |Station
! rowspan="2" |[[Railway milepost|Miles (km)]] from<br>[[Long Island City station|LIC]]via<br>Lower Montauk<ref name="ett-20120514" />
! rowspan="2" |Opened
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|[[Long Island Rail Road]]: [[Oyster Bay Branch|Oyster Bay]] and [[Port Jefferson Branch|Port Jefferson]] branches<br />[[New York City Subway|NYC Subway]]: {{NYCS Flushing}} (at [[Vernon Boulevard – Jackson Avenue (IRT Flushing Line)|Vernon Boulevard – Jackson Avenue]])<br />[[MTA Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Q103}}<br />[[NYC Ferry]] East River Ferry<br />{{dagger}} Served by five peak round trip trains, one of which is Montauk train<ref name=timetable/>
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|1998<ref name="NYT close" />
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|{{lirrs|Laurel Hill}}
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|1890
|1900
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|rowspan=3|[[Maspeth, Queens]]
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|{{lirrs|Haberman}}
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|1892
|1998<ref name="NYT close" />
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|{{lirrs|Maspeth}}
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|1895
|{{circa|1924}}
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|{{lirrs|Fresh Pond}}
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|1869
|1998<ref name="NYT close" />
|Originally named Bushwick Junction
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|rowspan=2|[[Glendale, Queens]]
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|{{lirrs|Glendale}}
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|1998<ref name="NYT close" />
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|{{stn|Ridgewood||LIRR Lower Montauk}}
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|1883
|1924
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|1998<ref name="NYT close" />
|Originally named Clarenceville
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|{{lirrs|Shops}}
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|{{circa|1900}}
|1913
|Part of the [[Morris Park Facility]]
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|1869<br />1876
|1876<br />1939
|Originally named Van Wyck Avenue, then Berlin
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|rowspan=4|[[Jamaica, Queens]]
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|{{lirrs|Jamaica}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|9.0|mi|abbr=values}}
|1836
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|[[Long Island Rail Road]]: [[Atlantic Branch|Atlantic]], [[Far Rockaway Branch|Far Rockaway]], [[Hempstead Branch|Hempstead]], [[Long Beach Branch|Long Beach]], [[Oyster Bay Branch|Oyster Bay]], [[Port Jefferson Branch|Port Jefferson]], [[Ronkonkoma Branch|Ronkonkoma]] branches<br />New York City Subway: {{NYCS Archer}} (at {{stl|NYCS|Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport}})<br />[[New York City Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Q20A|Q20B|Q24|Q30|Q31|Q43|Q44 SBS|Q54|Q56}}<br />MTA Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q6|Q8|Q9|Q25|Q34|Q40|Q41|Q60|Q65}}<br />[[Nassau Inter-County Express]]: {{LI bus link|n4}}<br />[[AirTrain JFK]]: Jamaica Station Route
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|{{lirrs|Union Hall Street}}
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|{{circa|1890}}
|1976
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|{{lirrs|Canal Street}}
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|1890<ref name="rtex">{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=Rapid Transit Extension|date = June 24, 1890|page=1}}</ref>
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|{{lirrs|Hillside}}
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|1966
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|[[St. Albans, Queens]]
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|{{lirrs|St. Albans}}
|{{convert|11.8|mi|abbr=values}}
|1898<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm Long Island Railroad Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106043505/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm |date=January 6, 2011 }}</ref>
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|New York City Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q4}}<br />Originally named Locust Avenue<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020301080357/http://lirrhistory.com/oct2001/1898map.jpg 1898 Railroad Map of Queens and Kings County (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]}}</ref>
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|1979
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|rowspan="2"|4
| [[Valley Stream, New York|Valley Stream]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Valley Stream}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|16.1|mi|abbr=values}}
|1869
|
|Platform on Atlantic Branch tracks, though switches allow trains on the Montauk Branch to stop as needed.<br/>Nassau Inter-County Express: n1, Elmont Flexi
|-
|[[Lynbrook, New York|Lynbrook]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Lynbrook}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|17.7|mi|abbr=values}}
|1867<ref name="Seyfried" />
|
|Long Island Rail Road: Long Beach Branch<br />Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n4|n25|n31|n31x|n32}}<br />Originally named Pearsall's Corners, then Pearsall's
|-
| rowspan="10" |7
|[[Rockville Centre, New York|Rockville Centre]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Rockville Centre}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|19.3|mi|abbr=values}}
|1867
|
|Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n15|n16|n31x}}, Mercy Medical Shuttle
|-
|[[Baldwin, Nassau County, New York|Baldwin]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Baldwin}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|21.2|mi|abbr=values}}
|1867
|
|Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n35}}<br />Originally named Baldwinsville,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arrts-arrchives.com/ssrrbaldwin.html|title=SSRR BALDWIN|work=arrts-arrchives.com}}</ref> then Baldwins
|-
|[[Freeport, New York|Freeport]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Freeport}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|22.7|mi|abbr=values}}
|1867
|
|Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n4|n19|n19x|n40/41|n43|n88x}}
|-
|[[Merrick, New York|Merrick]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Merrick}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|24.1|mi|abbr=values}}
|1867
|
|
|-
|[[Bellmore, New York|Bellmore]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Bellmore}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|25.6|mi|abbr=values}}
|1869
|
|
|-
|[[Wantagh, New York|Wantagh]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Wantagh}}
|{{convert|25.9|mi|abbr=values}}
|1867
|
|Originally named Ridgewood
|-
|[[Seaford, New York|Seaford]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Seaford}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|27.7|mi|abbr=values}}
|1899
|
|Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n54}}
|-
|[[Massapequa, New York|Massapequa]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Massapequa}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|28.7|mi|abbr=values}}
|1867
|
|Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n54|n55|n80}}<br />Originally named South Oyster Bay
|-
|[[Massapequa Park, New York|Massapequa Park]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Massapequa Park}}
|{{convert|29.5|mi|abbr=values}}
|1933
|
|Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n54|n55|n80}}
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[East Massapequa, New York|East Massapequa]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Unqua}}
|
|1880
|1881
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |9
|[[Amityville, New York|Amityville]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Amityville}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|30.6|mi|abbr=values}}
|1868
|
|Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n54|n55|n71}}<br/>[[Suffolk County Transit]]: {{LI bus link|1|2|4|10}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Copiague, New York|Copiague]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Copiague}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|32.4|mi|abbr=values}}
|1902
|
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Belmont Junction}}
|
|1875
|1876
|
|-
|[[Lindenhurst, New York|Lindenhurst]]
|
|align="center"|●
|
|{{lirrs|Lindenhurst}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|33.7|mi|abbr=values}}
|1867
|
|Suffolk County Transit: {{LI bus link|10}}<br />Originally named Wellwood, then Breslau
|-
|[[Babylon (village), New York|Babylon]]
|
|align="center"|●
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Babylon}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|36.6|mi|abbr=values}}
|1867<ref name="Seyfried" />
|
|Suffolk County Transit: {{LI bus link|2|3|5|10|15}}<br />Originally named Seaside<ref name="Seyfried" /><hr />Terminus of [[railway electrification system|electrification]]
|-
| rowspan="14" |10
|[[Bay Shore, New York|Bay Shore]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Bay Shore}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|40.7|mi|abbr=values}}
|1868
|
|Suffolk County Transit: {{LI bus link|2|7|11|12}}<br />Originally named Penataquit, then Bayshore
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Islip (hamlet), New York|Islip]]
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Islip Centre}}
|
|1868
|1869
|
|-
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Islip}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|43.1|mi|abbr=values}}
|1868
|
|
|-
|rowspan=3|[[East Islip, New York|East Islip]]
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Club House}}
|
|1870
|1897
|
|-
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Great River}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|45.2|mi|abbr=values}}
|1897
|
|Originally named Youngsport
|-
|[[Oakdale, New York|Oakdale]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Oakdale}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|47.4|mi|abbr=values}}
|1868
|
|Suffolk County Transit: {{LI bus link|2}}
|-
|[[Sayville, New York|Sayville]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Sayville}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|49.8|mi|abbr=values}}
|1868
|
|Sayville Ferry Service to [[Fire Island, New York|Fire Island]]
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[Bayport, New York|Bayport]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Bayport}}
|
|1869
|1980
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[Blue Point, New York|Blue Point]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Blue Point}}
|
|1870<br />1900
|1882<br />1980
|
|-
|[[Patchogue, New York|Patchogue]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Patchogue}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|53.2|mi|abbr=values}}
|1869
|
|Suffolk County Transit: {{LI bus link|2|6|51|53|55|66|77|77Y}}<br />Patchogue Village Bus<br />Davis Park Ferry to [[Fire Island, New York|Fire Island]]
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[East Patchogue, New York|East Patchogue]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|East Patchogue}}
|
|1890<ref name="lirrhistory.com" />
|1928
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[Hagerman, New York|Hagerman]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Hagerman}}
|
|1890
|1929
|
|-
| rowspan="8" |12
|[[North Bellport, New York|North Bellport]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Bellport}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|57.8|mi|abbr=values}}
|1882
|
|Suffolk County Transit: {{LI bus link|66|77}}<br />Originally named Accobomac, then Brewster Place<ref name="lirrhistory.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/babymon.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000418130146/http://www.lirrhistory.com/babymon.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 18, 2000|title=Babylon/Montauk stations|work=lirrhistory.com}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[Brookhaven (CDP), New York|Brookhaven]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Brookhaven}}
|
|1884
|1958
|
|-
|[[Shirley, New York|Shirley]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Mastic–Shirley}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|62.3|mi|abbr=values}}
|1960
|
|Suffolk County Transit: {{LI bus link|66}}
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[Mastic, New York|Mastic]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Mastic}}
|
|1882
|1960
|Originally named Forge
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[Center Moriches, New York|Center Moriches]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Center Moriches}}
|
|1881
|1998
|Originally named Moriches
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[East Moriches, New York|East Moriches]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|East Moriches}}
|
|1897
|1958
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[Eastport, New York|Eastport]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Eastport}}
|
|1870
|1958
|Originally named Moriches
|-
|[[Speonk, New York|Speonk]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Speonk}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|70.8|mi|abbr=values}}
|1870
|
|
|-
| rowspan="18" |14
|[[Westhampton, New York|Westhampton]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Westhampton}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|74.3|mi|abbr=values}}
|1870
|
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[Quogue, New York|Quogue]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Quogue}}
|
|1875
|1998
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[East Quogue, New York|East Quogue]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|East Quogue}}
|
|1871
|{{circa|1883}}
|Originally named Atlanticville<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/lirrsta.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000519191920/http://www.lirrhistory.com/lirrsta.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 19, 2000|title=early LIRR stations|work=lirrhistory.com}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Hampton Bays, New York|Hampton Bays]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Hampton Bays}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|81.2|mi|abbr=values}}
|1871
|
|Suffolk County Transit: {{LI bus link|92}}<br />Originally named Good Ground
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Canoe Place}}
|
|1935
|1953
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Suffolk Downs}}
|
|1907
|1921
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|rowspan=2|[[Shinnecock Hills, New York|Shinnecock Hills]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Shinnecock Hills}}
|
|1887
|1932
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Southampton College}}
|
|1907<hr />1976<hr />1986
|1939<hr />1998<hr />1986
|Originally named Golf Grounds, then Southampton Campus<br />Temporarily reopened for the [[1986 U.S. Open (golf)|1986 U.S. Open]], [[2004 U.S. Open (golf)|2004]], and [[2018 U.S. Open (golf)|2018 U.S. Open]]s
|-
|[[Southampton, New York|Southampton]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Southampton}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|89.3|mi|abbr=values}}
|1871
|
|Suffolk County Transit: {{LI bus link|92}}, on-demand
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[Water Mill, New York|Water Mill]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Water Mill}}
|
|1875
|{{circa|1968}}<ref name="lirrhistory.com" />
|Originally named Watermill
|-
|[[Bridgehampton, New York|Bridgehampton]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Bridgehampton}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|94.0|mi|abbr=values}}
|1870
|
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[Wainscott, New York|Wainscott]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Wainscott}}
|
|1898
|1938
|
|-
|[[East Hampton (village), New York|East Hampton]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|East Hampton}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|100.9|mi|abbr=values}}
|1895
|
|Suffolk County Transit: {{LI bus link|92}}, on-demand<br />Originally named Easthampton
|-
|[[Amagansett, New York|Amagansett]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Amagansett}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|104.3|mi|abbr=values}}
|1895
|
|Suffolk County Transit: on-demand
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|rowspan=3|[[Napeague, New York|Napeague]]
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Napeague Beach}}
|
|1895
|1927
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Fanny Bartlett}}
|
|1924
|1928
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|
|
|
|{{lirrs|Promised Land}}
|
|{{circa|1900}}
|1928
|
|-
|[[Montauk, New York|Montauk]]
|
|
|align="center"|●
|{{lirrs|Montauk}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|115.8|mi|abbr=values}}
|1895
|
|Suffolk County Transit: on-demand
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
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[[Category:Long Island Rail Road branches]]
[[Category:Transportation in Queens, New York]]
[[Category:Transportation in Nassau County, New York]]
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