Far Rockaway Branch

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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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Far Rockaway Branch canonical 27
Far Rockaway 1
Far Rockaway branch 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 (30)

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

Long Island Rail Road (controlling interest for many years) hasLine Far Rockaway Branch
subject surface form: Long Island Rail Road
Queens contains Far Rockaway Branch
this entity surface form: Far Rockaway
Long Island Rail Road Main Line junctionWith Far Rockaway Branch
Far Rockaway Branch serves Far Rockaway Branch self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Far Rockaway neighborhood
Babylon Branch connectsWith Far Rockaway Branch
Long Island Rail Road hasLine Far Rockaway Branch
Grand Central Madison railwayLine Far Rockaway Branch
West Hempstead Branch connectsWith Far Rockaway Branch
LIRR Montauk Branch connectsWith Far Rockaway Branch
LIRR Babylon Branch connectsWith Far Rockaway Branch
Woodside station railwayLine Far Rockaway Branch
New York City Subway A line hasServiceVariant Far Rockaway Branch
this entity surface form: Far Rockaway branch
Valley Stream servedBy Far Rockaway Branch
Gibson station railwayLine Far Rockaway Branch
Atlantic Branch connectsTo Far Rockaway Branch
Hewlett station railwayLine Far Rockaway Branch
Beach 25th Street lineSection Far Rockaway Branch
Lawrence station (LIRR) railwayLine Far Rockaway Branch
Valley Stream station servedByLine Far Rockaway Branch
Cedarhurst station railwayLine Far Rockaway Branch
Woodmere station railwayLine Far Rockaway Branch
Lynbrook station railwayLine Far Rockaway Branch
Lynbrook station serves Far Rockaway Branch
Grand Central LIRR terminal servesLine Far Rockaway Branch
Valley Stream, New York servedByRailLine Far Rockaway Branch
Laurelton station railwayLine Far Rockaway Branch
Rosedale station serves Far Rockaway Branch
Lawrence station railwayLine Far Rockaway Branch
Inwood station servesLine Far Rockaway Branch
Inwood station partOf Far Rockaway Branch