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Queens Village station

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TheQueens Village stationis acommuter railstation on theLong Island Rail Road'sMain Line,located between 218th Street andSpringfield Boulevard,in theQueens Villageneighborhood ofQueens,New York City.It has twoside platformsalong the four-track line, and is served primarily byHempstead Branchtrains.

Queens Village
The front entrance to Queens Village station, following its 2013 rehabilitation and modernization.
General information
LocationJamaica AvenueandSpringfield Boulevard
Queens Village, Queens,New York
Coordinates40°43′03″N73°44′11″W/ 40.717469°N 73.73638°W/40.717469; -73.73638
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)
Distance13.2 mi (21.2 km) fromLong Island City[1]
Platforms2side platforms
Tracks5 (1 used for storage)
ConnectionsBus transportNew York City Bus:Q1,Q27,Q36,Q83,Q88
Bus transportNassau Inter-County Express:n24
Construction
ParkingYes; Metered and Private
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1879[2]
Rebuilt1924, 2013
ElectrifiedOctober 2, 1905?
750V(DC)third rail
Previous namesInglewood (1871–1879)[3]
Queens (1879–1924)[4]
Passengers
20061,582[5]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Hollis
towardPenn Station,Grand CentralorAtlantic Terminal
 Hempstead Branch Elmont–UBS Arena
towardHempstead
Belmont Park Branchdoes not stop here
Port Jefferson Branchdoes not stop here
Oyster Bay Branchdoes not stop here
Ronkonkoma Branchdoes not stop here
Montauk Branchdoes not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Bellaire
towardLong Island CityorPenn Station
 Main Line Bellerose
towardGreenport
Location
Map

Just east of the station is Queens Interlocking, auniversal interlockingthat splits the four-track line into two parallel two-track lines—the Main Line and Hempstead Branch—and controls the junction with the spur toBelmont Park.The station is elevated and the tracks leading in and out are on raised ground and only above the road at intersections.

History

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1909 Map of Queens (now Queens Village) station.

Between March and November 1837, the current site of Queens Village station was the site of an earlyBrooklyn and Jamaica Railroadstation namedFlushing Avenue stationthen renamedDeLancey Avenue stationand later namedBrushville stationuntil it was moved to what is today 212nd Street, the site of the formerBellaire station,which was used to serve Ben Lane's Hotel. By 1871, a new station was originally installed acrossJericho Turnpikefrom the estate of Colonel A.M. Wood which was on the northwest corner of Springfield Boulevard. The estate was named "Inglewood," and the new station which resulted in the closing of the Brushville-Ben Lane's station was named for this estate.

Queens Village station originally opened at ground level as Queens station in 1879 (some sources say 1881). The original station house contained a sign with the distance to Long Island City and Greenport stations.[6]The station house was moved to a private location as a new one was being built as part of a grade elimination project, and opened on September 24, 1924. It was then renamed "Queens Village." On October 30, 2013, the LIRR unveiled a renovated station, with passenger elevators, improved lighting, security cameras and a repainted building.[7]

One of the renovated platforms and new elevators installed, as seen following the renovations from the bridge overSpringfield Blvd.

Station layout

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The station has two high-levelside platforms,both of which are eight cars long and are served by a passenger elevator and stairs. Platform A has the station's only station house, a two-story building. The two middle tracks, not next to either platform, are used by thePort Jefferson,Ronkonkoma,Oyster Bay,andMontaukbranch trains.

A non-powered storage track is south of the south platform. The Queens Village Freight Yard is located just west of the station, and consists of three tracks. It is used by the LIRR for maintenance and storage, and was sporadically utilized by LIRR freight customers, as well, before theNew York and Atlantic Railwayassumed freight service operations.[citation needed]

Services

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Queens Village station is primarily served byHempstead Branchtrains. SeveralPort JeffersonandRonkonkoma Branchtrains also serve here.[8][9]

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Platform level 		Platform A,side platform
Track3 ←Hempstead BranchtowardGrand Central Madison,Atlantic Terminal,orPenn Station(Hollis)
Track1 ←Main Lineservices do not stop here →
Track2 ←Main Lineservices do not stop here →
Track4 ←Hempstead BranchtowardHempstead(Elmont–UBS Arena)→
Platform B,side platform
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References

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  1. ^Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012)."TIMETABLE No. 4"(PDF).p. III.RetrievedAugust 4,2022.
  2. ^"Long Island Railroad".Brooklyn Daily Eagle.Brooklyn, NY.October 3, 1879. p. 1.
  3. ^Brushville and Queens Village Station Histories (Arrt's Arrchives)
  4. ^Long Island Railroad Station History (TrainsAreFun )ArchivedJanuary 6, 2011, at theWayback Machine
  5. ^Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  6. ^Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003).Long Island Rail Road Stations (Images of Rail).Chicago: Arcadia Publishing.ISBN0-7385-1180-3.
  7. ^"MTA Long Island Rail Road Unveils Restored Queens Village Station".Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 30, 2013. Archived fromthe originalon January 3, 2015.
  8. ^Port Jefferson Branch Timetable,Long Island Railroad, September 6, 2022,retrievedDecember 26,2022
  9. ^"LIRR Schedules".MTA.RetrievedDecember 26,2022.
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