Far Rockaway Branch

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Long Island Rail Road branch commuter rail line

The Far Rockaway Branch is a commuter rail line of the Long Island Rail Road serving southeastern Queens and the Far Rockaway neighborhood in New York City.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Far Rockaway 1
Far Rockaway neighborhood 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Long Island Rail Road branch ⓘ
commuter rail line ⓘ
connectsToTerminal Atlantic Terminal ⓘ
Grand Central Madison ⓘ
Penn Station (New York City) ⓘ
surface form: Penn Station
connectsWith Atlantic Branch ⓘ
Long Beach Branch ⓘ
Montauk Branch ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electrification 750 V DC third rail ⓘ
electrificationMethod third rail ⓘ
electrified early 20th century ⓘ
fareSystem LIRR zone-based fares ⓘ
hasFormerConnection LIRR Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
surface form: LIRR Rockaway Division

Rockaway Beach Branch ⓘ
hasGradeCrossings yes ⓘ
hasServicePattern local service ⓘ
peak-direction commuter service ⓘ
hasStation Cedarhurst station ⓘ
Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue station ⓘ
Gibson station ⓘ
Hewlett station ⓘ
Inwood station (LIRR) ⓘ
Lawrence station (LIRR) ⓘ
Valley Stream station ⓘ
Woodmere station ⓘ
lineLengthApprox about 8 miles ⓘ
lineNumber LIRR Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
openedForService 19th century ⓘ
operator Long Island Rail Road ⓘ
owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
partOf Long Island Rail Road ⓘ
partOfNetwork Long Island Rail Road ⓘ
surface form: MTA Long Island Rail Road network
primaryCityServed New York City ⓘ
primaryUse passenger transport ⓘ
regionServed Nassau County, New York ⓘ
surface form: Nassau County

Queens ⓘ
serves Far Rockaway Branch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Far Rockaway neighborhood

southeastern Queens ⓘ
serviceArea New York metropolitan area ⓘ
serviceType commuter rail ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
system New York regional rail ⓘ
terminus Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue station ⓘ
Valley Stream station ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
usesRollingStock electric multiple units ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Babylon Branch → connectsWith → Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
LIRR Babylon Branch → connectsWith → Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
LIRR Montauk Branch → connectsWith → Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
West Hempstead Branch → connectsWith → Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
Queens → contains → Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
this entity surface form: Far Rockaway
subject surface form: Long Island Rail Road
Long Island Rail Road → hasLine → Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
Long Island Rail Road Main Line → junctionWith → Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
Grand Central Madison → railwayLine → Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
Woodside station → railwayLine → Far Rockaway Branch ⓘ
Far Rockaway Branch → serves → Far Rockaway Branch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Far Rockaway neighborhood