Английская Википедия:Hempstead Branch
Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox rail line The Hempstead Branch is an electrified rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch begins at the Main Line at Queens Interlocking, just east of Queens Village station. It parallels the Main Line past Bellerose to Floral Park, where it splits southward and continues east via the village of Garden City to Hempstead Crossing. There it turns south to the final two stations, Country Life Press and Hempstead.
LIRR maps and schedules show Hempstead Branch service continuing west along the Main Line to Jamaica. Hempstead Branch trains provide most service at Hollis and Queens Village.[1][2] The line is double tracked to just east of Garden City Station, where it is reduced to one track at Garden Interlocking for the final Шаблон:Convert to Hempstead station.
History
The original Hempstead Branch of the LIRR ran south from Mineola, ending just west of the current terminal in Hempstead.[3] It opened on July 4, 1839, as the first branch of the LIRR.[4]
The Central Railroad of Long Island opened from Flushing east to Hempstead Crossing and south to Hempstead on January 8, 1873; the main line east from Hempstead Crossing opened later that year on May 26.[5] CRRLI extended their line east to Bethpage, Farmingdale, and Babylon resulting in the creation of their own Hempstead Branch running parallel to the one owned by the LIRR. The Central Railroad's successor, the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad, was leased to the LIRR on May 3, 1876, and in June a connection at Hempstead Crossing was built, allowing trains from Mineola to use the ex-Central's Hempstead Branch; the original LIRR Hempstead Branch was abandoned south of Hempstead Crossing.[6]
The old Central main line through Hempstead was named the Central Branch by the LIRR, while the line from Mineola on the LIRR's Main Line south past Hempstead Crossing to Hempstead was the Hempstead Branch.[7] The New York Bay Extension Railroad opened the current West Hempstead Branch in 1893,[8] resulting in a realignment of the Hempstead Branch from Hempstead Crossing south to Meadow Street to better connect to the new line.[9]
Electric service on the current route of the Hempstead Branch, from Queens Village east along the Main Line and Central Branch and south along the Hempstead Branch to Hempstead, was inaugurated on May 26, 1908.[10][11]Шаблон:Rp In 1910, the branch's connection to the Main Line was double-tracked.[12]Шаблон:Rp The then-Hempstead Branch north to Mineola was electrified on October 20, 1926, along with the West Hempstead Branch.[13]
The line north of Hempstead Crossing last saw passenger service on September 14, 1935,[14] and was abandoned for freight in 1965.[15] Park Interlocking at Floral Park was eliminated in the circa-1960 grade crossing elimination; Hempstead Branch trains switch off the Main Line at Queens Interlocking, just east of Elmont–UBS Arena station, and continue next to it to Floral Park.[16]
Since the opening of the East River Tunnels in 1910 and until 2023, westbound service on the Hempstead Branch and its predecessors primarily terminated at Penn Station in Manhattan or Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn. Following the opening of Grand Central Madison, the primary terminal and origin of Hempstead Branch trains became Grand Central Terminal. Hempstead trains now service both Penn and Grand Central on and off peak. This service change caused a decrease in service to Atlantic Terminal and thus to compensate and to allow for a few peak cross-platform-transfers at Jamaica for Brooklyn-bound customers, some peak trains from Hempstead service Atlantic Terminal directly.[17]
Projects
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Stations
Шаблон:Update section West of Шаблон:Lirrs, most trips go on to terminate at Шаблон:Lirrs or Шаблон:Lirrs, with some trips ending at Шаблон:Lirrs.[2]
References
External links
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Map showing the route & connections of the Central Rail Road Extension Company of Long Island, 1873
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web Шаблон:Small, June 2004 Edition
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web Шаблон:Small, February 2005 Edition
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web Шаблон:Small, April 2006 Edition
- ↑ Pennsylvania Railroad, Long Island Railroad map Шаблон:Webarchive, 1941
- ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission, Valuation Report, Long Island Railroad Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Arrt's Arrchives: Hempstead Crossing
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news Шаблон:Open access
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web Шаблон:Small, June 2004 Edition
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web Шаблон:Small, August 2004 Edition
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web Шаблон:Small, June 2004 Edition
- ↑ Floral Park Station History (TrainsAreFun)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
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