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The 'Montauk Branch' is a rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City, Queens on the west to Montauk on the east. However, the Montauk Branch service is shown on LIRR maps and schedules only east of Babylon; the line west of there is the Babylon Branch, West Hempstead Branch, and City Terminal Zone. [1][2]
The westernmost portion of the Montauk Branch in Queens, known as the "Old Montauk" or "Lower Montauk", runs from Long Island City to a connection with the Atlantic Branch west of Jamaica, mostly at street level with grade crossings. This portion of the line sees only two regular passenger trains on weekdays only, which make no stops on the Old Montauk itself. Five intermediate stations in Queens (Richmond Hill, Glendale, Fresh Pond, Haberman, and Penny Bridge) were abandoned in 1998 as unprofitable when all platforms on the railroad were raised to floor-level loading for the new double-decker trains.
The portion from Jamaica to Babylon has been electrified since 1925, and is the busiest single commuter railroad branch in the U.S. From Babylon east to Montauk, diesel-electric or hybrid electric/diesel-electric locomotives haul trains of passenger coaches.
The Montauk Line has heavy ridership and frequent service as far as Patchogue and commuter service as far as Speonk. 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'', a Friday afternoon train departing from Hunterspoint Avenue and running non-stop between Jamaica and Westhampton. The Montauk Branch, along with the parallel Atlantic Branch, spawns three subsidiary branches: the West Hempstead Branch, Far Rockaway Branch, and Long Beach Branch.
The electrified portion of the Montauk Branch ends at Babylon; the electric service to Babylon is often identified as a separate service, the "Babylon Branch". Some of the Montauk's diesel trains begin or end their runs at Babylon station, connecting with electric trains there. Other Montauk diesel trains operate into New York City, to Jamaica, Hunterspoint Avenue, Long Island City, or New York Penn Station. The terminal stations in diesel territory, east of Babylon, are Patchogue, Speonk, and Montauk. The Montauk Branch is double-tracked from Long Island City all the way through Babylon, becoming single line at the former site of Bayport station. Most Montauk Branch diesel trains operate west to NYC via the Montauk Branch, though a handful of trains operate via the diesel-only Central Branch, joining the Main Line east of Bethpage.
The Montauk was home to the only tower in North America that uses "hooping" train operations, located at Patchogue. "Hooping" is the transfer of instructions to both 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. Hooping was suspended in mid-May 2006.[3]
The Montauk Branch enjoys frequent service and has heavy ridership because it serves the suburban communities on Nassau County's and westernmost Suffolk County's south shore. It is grade-separated on embankments or elevated structures from Lynbrook Station to Babylon Station.
Currently, the Montauk Branch intersects with the Bushwick Branch, Bay Ridge Branch, West Hempstead Branch, and Central Branch, as well as the Main Line at Long Island City and Jamaica and the Atlantic Branch at Jamaica and 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 (across Jamaica Bay to the Rockaways), Southern Hempstead Branch (Valley Stream to Hempstead), Manorville Branch (Eastport to Manorville on the Main Line), and Sag Harbor Branch (Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor). In early times, the ''Scoot'' ran frequently between Greenport on the 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.
The South Side Railroad of Long Island built the line from Bushwick, Brooklyn to Patchogue in the 1860s, and completed the new line to Long Island City in 1870. 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',[4], 'Southern Railroad of Long Island Division', or simply 'Southern Division'.[5] 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 Rockaway Branch to Springfield Junction, where it crossed the Southern. This change resulted in the closure of the Southern's Berlin, Beaver Street (Jamaica), Locust Avenue, and Springfield stations.[5] The old line between Jamaica and Springfield, which became freight-only, was renamed the Old Southern Road. The Southern was reorganized as the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad in 1879,Vincent F. Seyfried, , © 1961 and on March 14, 1880, the name was changed from the Southern Division to the 'Montauk Division'.[5] 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 to Bridgehampton, on June 8, 1870.[5] 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.[5] The Sag Harbor Branch east of Eastport became part of the Montauk Division,[5] and the old line from Manor (Manorville) to Eastport became the Manor Branch.[5] An extension to Montauk, splitting off the old Sag Harbor Branch at Bridgehampton, opened to Amagansett on June 1, 1895[5] and to Montauk by September,[5] and the line between Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor reverted to the old Sag Harbor Branch name.[5]
None of the Montauk Branch was electrified in the first round of electrification, in which the entire Atlantic Division, the Main Line to Queens Village, and many branches were upgraded. Electrification of the Montauk Division from Jamaica to Babylon was completed on May 20, 1925,[15] and normal operation began the next day.[16] The Central Extension between Bethpage and Babylon was reopened for freight trains that had run via the Montauk Division.[17]
The Southampton College stop was demolished in 1998, along with other lightly-used stations. In 2004, the stop was temporarily reinstated, complete with a steel walkway over Sunrise Highway to the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, during the U.S. Open (golf) tournament. At the conclusion of the tournament it was dismantled.
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 to the south, away from the station.
West Hempstead Branch trains split off after St. Albans. Babylon Branch trains terminate at Babylon, while Montauk Branch trains continue beyond.
Jamaica is 10.8 miles (17.4 km) from Penn Station.
1. MTA LIRR - LIRR Map
2. LIRR Montauk Branch Timetable
3. 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
4. Long Island Railroad Company, Long Island and where to Go, 1877
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15. Arrt's Arrchives: Babylon Electrification
16. , June 2004 Edition
17. Vincent F. Seyfried, , ©1963
18. Station pages linked from LIRR Map
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21. Unofficial LIRR History Website (Babylon/Montauk Branch Stations)
The 'Montauk Branch' is a rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City, Queens on the west to Montauk on the east. However, the Montauk Branch service is shown on LIRR maps and schedules only east of Babylon; the line west of there is the Babylon Branch, West Hempstead Branch, and City Terminal Zone. [1][2]
| Contents |
| Route description |
| History |
| Formation and early days: 1860s to 1925 |
| Babylon electrification: 1925 to present |
| Stations |
| Full list, including all former stations |
| References |
Route description
The westernmost portion of the Montauk Branch in Queens, known as the "Old Montauk" or "Lower Montauk", runs from Long Island City to a connection with the Atlantic Branch west of Jamaica, mostly at street level with grade crossings. This portion of the line sees only two regular passenger trains on weekdays only, which make no stops on the Old Montauk itself. Five intermediate stations in Queens (Richmond Hill, Glendale, Fresh Pond, Haberman, and Penny Bridge) were abandoned in 1998 as unprofitable when all platforms on the railroad were raised to floor-level loading for the new double-decker trains.
The portion from Jamaica to Babylon has been electrified since 1925, and is the busiest single commuter railroad branch in the U.S. From Babylon east to Montauk, diesel-electric or hybrid electric/diesel-electric locomotives haul trains of passenger coaches.
The Montauk Line has heavy ridership and frequent service as far as Patchogue and commuter service as far as Speonk. 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'', a Friday afternoon train departing from Hunterspoint Avenue and running non-stop between Jamaica and Westhampton. The Montauk Branch, along with the parallel Atlantic Branch, spawns three subsidiary branches: the West Hempstead Branch, Far Rockaway Branch, and Long Beach Branch.
The electrified portion of the Montauk Branch ends at Babylon; the electric service to Babylon is often identified as a separate service, the "Babylon Branch". Some of the Montauk's diesel trains begin or end their runs at Babylon station, connecting with electric trains there. Other Montauk diesel trains operate into New York City, to Jamaica, Hunterspoint Avenue, Long Island City, or New York Penn Station. The terminal stations in diesel territory, east of Babylon, are Patchogue, Speonk, and Montauk. The Montauk Branch is double-tracked from Long Island City all the way through Babylon, becoming single line at the former site of Bayport station. Most Montauk Branch diesel trains operate west to NYC via the Montauk Branch, though a handful of trains operate via the diesel-only Central Branch, joining the Main Line east of Bethpage.
The Montauk was home to the only tower in North America that uses "hooping" train operations, located at Patchogue. "Hooping" is the transfer of instructions to both 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. Hooping was suspended in mid-May 2006.[3]
The Montauk Branch enjoys frequent service and has heavy ridership because it serves the suburban communities on Nassau County's and westernmost Suffolk County's south shore. It is grade-separated on embankments or elevated structures from Lynbrook Station to Babylon Station.
History
Currently, the Montauk Branch intersects with the Bushwick Branch, Bay Ridge Branch, West Hempstead Branch, and Central Branch, as well as the Main Line at Long Island City and Jamaica and the Atlantic Branch at Jamaica and 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 (across Jamaica Bay to the Rockaways), Southern Hempstead Branch (Valley Stream to Hempstead), Manorville Branch (Eastport to Manorville on the Main Line), and Sag Harbor Branch (Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor). In early times, the ''Scoot'' ran frequently between Greenport on the 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
The South Side Railroad of Long Island built the line from Bushwick, Brooklyn to Patchogue in the 1860s, and completed the new line to Long Island City in 1870. 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',[4], 'Southern Railroad of Long Island Division', or simply 'Southern Division'.[5] 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 Rockaway Branch to Springfield Junction, where it crossed the Southern. This change resulted in the closure of the Southern's Berlin, Beaver Street (Jamaica), Locust Avenue, and Springfield stations.[5] The old line between Jamaica and Springfield, which became freight-only, was renamed the Old Southern Road. The Southern was reorganized as the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad in 1879,Vincent F. Seyfried, , © 1961 and on March 14, 1880, the name was changed from the Southern Division to the 'Montauk Division'.[5] 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 to Bridgehampton, on June 8, 1870.[5] 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.[5] The Sag Harbor Branch east of Eastport became part of the Montauk Division,[5] and the old line from Manor (Manorville) to Eastport became the Manor Branch.[5] An extension to Montauk, splitting off the old Sag Harbor Branch at Bridgehampton, opened to Amagansett on June 1, 1895[5] and to Montauk by September,[5] and the line between Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor reverted to the old Sag Harbor Branch name.[5]
Babylon electrification: 1925 to present
None of the Montauk Branch was electrified in the first round of electrification, in which the entire Atlantic Division, the Main Line to Queens Village, and many branches were upgraded. Electrification of the Montauk Division from Jamaica to Babylon was completed on May 20, 1925,[15] and normal operation began the next day.[16] The Central Extension between Bethpage and Babylon was reopened for freight trains that had run via the Montauk Division.[17]
The Southampton College stop was demolished in 1998, along with other lightly-used stations. In 2004, the stop was temporarily reinstated, complete with a steel walkway over Sunrise Highway to the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, during the U.S. Open (golf) tournament. At the conclusion of the tournament it was dismantled.
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 to the south, away from the station.
Stations
West Hempstead Branch trains split off after St. Albans. Babylon Branch trains terminate at Babylon, while Montauk Branch trains continue beyond.
Jamaica is 10.8 miles (17.4 km) from Penn Station.
| Station/ location | Miles (kilometers) from Jamaica[18] | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Long Island City Long Island City | 10 | |
| Jamaica Jamaica | 0.0 (0.0) | Transfer to all but Port Washington Branch trains |
| St. Albans Linden Boulevard and Montauk Street, Saint Albans | 2.8 (4.5) | |
| Lynbrook Sunrise Highway and Peninsula Boulevard, Lynbrook | 8.7 (14.0) | Transfer to Long Beach Branch trains |
| Rockville Centre North Village Avenue and Front Street, Rockville Centre | 10.3 (16.6) | |
| Baldwin Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue, Baldwin | 12.2 (19.6) | |
| Freeport between Henry Street and Benson Place, Freeport | 13.7 (22.0) | |
| Merrick Sunrise Highway, between Hewlett Avenue and Merrick Avenue, Merrick | 15.1 (24.3) | |
| Bellmore Sunrise Highway and Bedford Avenue, Bellmore | 16.6 (26.7) | |
| Wantagh Wantagh Avenue and Railroad Avenue, Wantagh | 17.0 (27.4) | |
| Seaford Sunrise Highway and Jackson Avenue, Seaford | 18.7 (30.1) | |
| Massapequa Sunrise Highway east of Broadway (New York State Route 107), Massapequa | 19.7 (31.7) | |
| Massapequa Park Sunrise Highway and Park Boulevard, Massapequa Park | 20.0 (32.2) | |
| Amityville John Street, between Sunrise Highway and New York State Route 27A, Amityville | 22.2 (35.7) | |
| Copiague Marconi Boulevard and Great Neck Road, Copiague | 23.4 (37.7) | |
| Lindenhurst Wellwood Avenue and East Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst | 24.7 (39.8) | |
| Babylon Railroad Avenue just west of Deer Park Avenue, Babylon | 27.6 (44.4) | Some Montauk Branch trains operate via the Central Branch, which diverges west of this station. |
| Bay Shore Park Avenue and Oak Street, Bay Shore | 31.7 (51.0) | Ferries to Fire Island |
| Islip Islip Avenue (NYS Route 111), between Sunrise Highway and Montauk Highway, Islip | 34.1 (54.9) | |
| Great River Connetquot Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue, Great River | 36.2 (58.3) | |
| Oakdale Montauk Highway and Oakdale-Bohemia Road, Oakdale | 38.4 (61.8) | |
| Sayville Lakeland Avenue and Depot Street, Sayville | 40.8 (65.7) | Ferries to Fire Island |
| Patchogue Division Street between West Avenue and South Ocean Avenue, Patchogue | 44.9 (72.3) | Ferries to Fire Island |
| Bellport Station Road and Montauk Highway, Bellport | 48.8 (78.5) | |
| Mastic-Shirley William Floyd Parkway and Northern Boulevard, Shirley | 53.3 (85.8) | |
| Speonk Phillips Avenue and Depot Road, Speonk | 62.6 (100.7) | |
| Westhampton Station Road and Depot Road, Westhampton | 65.3 (105.1) | |
| Hampton Bays Ponquogue Avenue and Good Ground Road, Hampton Bays | 72.2 (116.2) | |
| Southampton North Main Street, between Prospect Street and Willow Street, Southampton | 80.3 (129.2) | |
| Bridgehampton Maple Lane and Butter Lane, Bridgehampton | 85.0 (136.8) | |
| East Hampton Railroad Avenue, between Newtown Lane and Race Lane, East Hampton | 91.9 (147.9) | |
| Amagansett Main Street and Abrahams Landing Road, Amagansett | 95.3 (153.4) | |
| Montauk Edgemere Street and Fort Pond Road, Montauk | 106.8 (171.9) |
Full list, including all former stations
References
1. MTA LIRR - LIRR Map
2. LIRR Montauk Branch Timetable
3. 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
4. Long Island Railroad Company, Long Island and where to Go, 1877
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8.
9.
10.
11.
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13.
14.
15. Arrt's Arrchives: Babylon Electrification
16. , June 2004 Edition
17. Vincent F. Seyfried, , ©1963
18. Station pages linked from LIRR Map
19.
20.
21. Unofficial LIRR History Website (Babylon/Montauk Branch Stations)
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