The Mainland LIRR Long Beach Branch Stations and more

The Long Beach Branch is the only LIRR Branch that leaves Long Island (except for entering Manhattan Island into Penn Station), in this update I’ve made the pages for its four (one shared with the Babylon Branch) northern stations that are on Long Island proper. All of these updates are a day out to the [...]

posted in Long Island Rail Road by Jeremiah Cox

Upload: Far Rockaway and Inwood (LIRR)

This is a farely tiny update on my Rockaway Ferry Trip two weeks ago I visited the final two stations on the LIRR Far Rockaway Branch I needed more current photos of (both I visited years ago). Here they are with my full text descriptions: Far Rockaway Inwood-(44 Photos) Enjoy!

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Starting on an A train running only between 168th to 125th to the 4 and 5 trains all way to Brooklyn, and back via the J, Shuttle Bus over the Willie B to the 4 train via the Bronx using BusTime

I spent the morning debating with myself about going out for the fourth straight day but decided with the subway restored on the 4,5,6 (and other lines sounding like they might start operations during the day) I would head downtown again. Here was my subway map. My unlimited was gathering dust and losing value in [...]

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The LIRR to Flushing, 7 to the M to Jamaica and LIRR back to Penn — LIRR & MNR Free! Part 2

This is the second post (Post 1) in a three part series documenting my Adventures on mostly the free LIRR and Metro-North Railroads after Governor Cuomo declared a transit emergency after Superstorm Sandy I take the now Port Washington-bound (yesterday when I rode a train to Woodside on the line was only going as far [...]

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Metro-North down to Grand Central from Marble Hill and switching from Grand Central to Penn Station for the LIRR — LIRR & MNR Free! Part 1

This is the first post in a three part series documenting my Adventures on mostly the free LIRR and Metro-North Railroads after Governor Cuomo declared a transit emergency after Superstorm Sandy This is the best way to describe today: Metro-North Fares Not Paid (since the system is free due to the transit emergency): $46.75 Long [...]

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To Brooklyn via the LIRR and the F train via Jamaica, the only way to get to Brooklyn without riding a bus — The Subway Split, Part 2

This is the second post (Post 1) in a series of posts about completely split subway service (Map for the Day) with no service through blackout stricken Manhattan south of about 30th Street after Superstorm Sandy. I decided I had to see how navigating the city would be heading to Brooklyn to visit a friend. [...]

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The LIRR Oyster Bay Branch

This Trip I took on December 2, 2011 and finally uploaded the photos and stations for: The day started relatively early during rush hour on the A down to 42 Street where I doubled back to the E train like most of my LIRR trips because I see no reason to spend the extra $2.25 [...]

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Upload: The Far Rockaway Branch with its Historic Station Houses

Well yesterday I didn’t quite get the full Far Rockaway branch, I didn’t go to Far Rockaway or Inwood that I have visited (and already have pages needing to be rebuilt) long ago, and do plan to return to at some point. Here are the 5 other stations, all of them have depots, one even [...]

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Doing the LIRR Far Rockaway Branch plus a bit more via NICE Bus

Well today was the first weekday of service for Nassau-Intercounty Express (NICE) bus, the privatized replacement for Long Island Bus. I also was able to barrow an Unlimited. My impression from today is that absolutely nothing has changed except for the drivers uniforms (now starched white shirts, black ties and embroidered jackets) and stickers over [...]

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Upload: the Rest of the LIRR in Queens – including Lots of Woodside

The last 4 LIRR stations needed in Queens: Kew Gardens-(page rebuilt with 31 new photos), Forest Hills-(page rebuilt, a summery added along with 37 photos), Hunterspoint Avenue-(12 photos) and Long Island City-(Page Rebuilt with 12 additional photos)
Also the 3 main page Woodside Station: Woodside-LIRR Platform-(31 photos), Woodside’s Shared Mezzanine/ Station House Area-(20 photos, plus 2 of one art for transit installation and 4 of the other), 61 Street-Woodside (Subway)-(page rebuilt with 9 new photos)

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