former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion)

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The former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion) is a disused rail corridor in Queens, New York City, whose remaining tracks now serve the Rockaway Park Shuttle subway service.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf disused rail corridor
railway line segment
acquiredByCityForSubway 1950s
connectedHistoricallyTo LIRR main network in Queens
connectsTo Beach 90th Street station NERFINISHED
Beach 98th Street station NERFINISHED
Broad Channel station NERFINISHED
Hammels Wye NERFINISHED
Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street station NERFINISHED
convertedToSubwayUse 1950s
crosses Jamaica Bay NERFINISHED
currentOperator Metropolitan Transportation Authority NERFINISHED
New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED
currentUse rapid transit shuttle line
electrification 600 V DC
third rail
formerOperator Long Island Rail Road NERFINISHED
hasOwnerHistory City of New York NERFINISHED
Long Island Rail Road NERFINISHED
New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED
hasStructure trestle over Jamaica Bay
hasTrackConfiguration double track on most segments
historicalUse commuter rail line
infrastructureType causeway
elevated railway
locatedIn New York City
New York State NERFINISHED
Queens, New York City NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
openedAsRailroad 1890s
ownedBy New York City
surface form: City of New York
partOf Rockaway Beach Branch NERFINISHED
partOfNetwork former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch NERFINISHED
region Rockaway Peninsula NERFINISHED
rightOfWayUsedFor New York City Subway infrastructure
servesBorough Queens NERFINISHED
servesNeighborhood Belle Harbor vicinity
Rockaway Beach NERFINISHED
Rockaway Park NERFINISHED
status partly abandoned
partly in use as subway line
trackGauge standard gauge
usedByLine IND Rockaway Line NERFINISHED
usedByService New York City Subway NERFINISHED
Rockaway Park Shuttle NERFINISHED
usedFor passenger transportation

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Rockaway Park Shuttle usesInfrastructure former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion)