Babylon Branch

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The Babylon Branch is a major commuter rail line of the Long Island Rail Road serving communities along Long Island’s South Shore.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Jamaica–Babylon 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Long Island Rail Road branch
commuter rail line
connectsWith Atlantic Branch
Far Rockaway Branch
Long Beach Branch
Long Island Rail Road Main Line
surface form: Main Line (LIRR)

Montauk Branch
West Hempstead Branch
country United States of America
electrification 750 V DC third rail
electrificationEnd Babylon station
hasLevelCrossings no between Jamaica and Babylon
hasStation Amityville station
Babylon station
Baldwin station
Bellmore station
Copiague station
Freeport station
Lindenhurst station
Lynbrook station
Massapequa station
surface form: Massapequa Park station

Massapequa station
Merrick station
Rockville Centre station
Seaford station
Wantagh station
lineColor orange
lineNumber 2
locatedIn Long Island
New York
surface form: New York State
notableFor one of the busiest LIRR branches
openedAsElectrifiedToBabylon 1925
operator Long Island Rail Road
owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority
partOf Long Island Rail Road
surface form: MTA Long Island Rail Road network
primaryDirection east–west
primaryRollingStock M7 electric multiple unit
M9 electric multiple unit
serves Long Island South Shore communities
Nassau County, New York
Queens
surface form: Queens, New York City

Suffolk County, New York
servicePattern frequent all-day service
serviceType commuter rail
terminus Babylon station
Jamaica Station
surface form: Jamaica station
trackGauge standard gauge
usesInfrastructureOf Montauk Branch

Referenced by (9)

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LIRR Montauk Branch connectsWith Babylon Branch
Montauk Branch connectsWith Babylon Branch
West Hempstead Branch connectsWith Babylon Branch
LIRR Babylon Branch electrifiedSection Babylon Branch
this entity surface form: Jamaica–Babylon
subject surface form: Long Island Rail Road
Long Island Rail Road hasLine Babylon Branch
Grand Central Madison railwayLine Babylon Branch
Woodside station railwayLine Babylon Branch