The City Terminal Zone is the name given to a collection of rail lines of the Long Island Rail Road in New York City. Specifically, it refers to all stations that lie in Fare Zone 1 (except for Mets–Willets Point on the Port Washington Branch), which are stations west of Jamaica Station.
[edit] Stations[]
| Routes 1 | Station/
location |
Station
link |
Mi (km)
to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City) Penn Station] |
Connections/notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ML | HP | MT | AT | ||||
| Pennsylvania Station [1] | [1] | 0 (0) | Subway: 1 2 3 trains at 34th Street – Penn Station (Seventh Avenue),
A C E trains at 34th Street – Penn Station (Eighth Avenue) Bus: M4, M10, M16, M20, M34, Q32 New Jersey Transit Amtrak PATH | ||||
| Long Island City [2]
Borden Avenue and 2nd Street, Long Island City |
[2] | Subway: 7 <7> trains at Vernon Boulevard – Jackson Avenue
Bus: Q103 New York Water Taxi | |||||
| Hunterspoint Avenue
Hunterspoint Avenue and Skillman Avenue, Long Island City |
[3] | Subway: 7 <7> trains at Hunters Point Avenue
Bus: B61, Q67 | |||||
| Woodside [3]
61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside |
[4] | 5.1 (8.2) | Subway: 7 <7> trains at Woodside – 61st Street
Bus: Q18, Q32, Q53 | ||||
| Grand Street | closed 1925 | ||||||
| Rego Park | closed June 8, 1962 | ||||||
| Matawok | closed 1925 | ||||||
| Forest Hills [4]
Continental Avenue (71st Avenue) and Austin Street, Forest Hills |
[5] | 8.7 | Subway: E F R V trains at Forest Hills – 71st Avenue
Bus: Q23, Q60, Q65A | ||||
| Kew Gardens
Austin Street and Lefferts Boulevard, Kew Gardens |
[6] | 9.7 | Subway: E F trains at Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike
Bus: Q10, Q37, Q46, Q74 | ||||
| Westbridge | closed 1939 | ||||||
| Penny Bridge | closed March 16, 1998 | ||||||
| Haberman | closed March 16, 1998 | ||||||
| Fresh Pond | closed March 16, 1998 | ||||||
| Glendale | closed March 16, 1998 | ||||||
| Richmond Hill | closed March 16, 1998 | ||||||
| Atlantic Terminal [5] | [7] | Subway: 2 3 4 5 trains at Atlantic Avenue,
D M N R trains at Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street, B Q trains at Atlantic Avenue Bus: B41, B45, B63, B65, B67 | |||||
| Nostrand Avenue
Nostrand Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant |
[8] | Subway: A C trains at Nostrand Avenue
Bus: B25, B44, B65 | |||||
| East New York
Atlantic Avenue and Havens Place, East New York |
[9] | Subway: L trains at Atlantic Avenue,
A C trains at Broadway Junction, J Z trains at Broadway Junction Bus: B12, B20, B25, B83, Q24, Q56 | |||||
| Warwick Street | closed | ||||||
| Autumn Avenue | closed 1939 | ||||||
| Union Course | closed 1939 | ||||||
| Woodhaven | closed 1972 | ||||||
| Clarenceville | closed 1939 | ||||||
| Boland's Landing | employees only stop | ||||||
| Dunton | closed November 1, 1939 | ||||||
| Jamaica [6]
Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue, Jamaica |
[10] | 10.8 (17.4) | Subway: E J Z trains at Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport
Bus (New York City Bus): Q6, Q8, Q9, Q20A/B, Q24, Q25 Q30, Q31, Q34, Q40, Q41, Q43, Q44, Q60, Q65 Bus (Long Island Bus): N4 Airtrain JFK | ||||
| Trains continue to Long Island on the Main Line (Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma Branches) and the Atlantic and Montauk Lines (Babylon, Far Rockaway, Long Beach, Montauk and West Hempstead Branches) | |||||||
[edit] Routes[]
^1 There are four routes that are used within the City Terminal Zone [7][8]Eastbound from Long Island City*ML = Main Line
- HP = Hunterspoint - This route (part of the Main Line) is served only during weekday rush hours in the peak direction (to Long Island City in the morning, from Long Island City in the afternoon). Most trains on this route terminate/originate at Hunterspoint Avenue. Hunterspoint Avenue and the track east of it is considered Main Line territory.
- MT = Montauk Branch - Only one train per direction travels on this route during weekday rush hours.
- AT = Atlantic Branch