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.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disused rail corridor
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railway line segment ⓘ |
| acquiredByCityForSubway | 1950s ⓘ |
| connectedHistoricallyTo | LIRR main network in Queens ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Beach 90th Street station
NERFINISHED
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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
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New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse | rapid transit shuttle line ⓘ |
| electrification |
600 V DC
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third rail ⓘ |
| formerOperator | Long Island Rail Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOwnerHistory |
City of New York
NERFINISHED
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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
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elevated railway ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
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New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| openedAsRailroad | 1890s ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
New York City
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surface form:
City of New York
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| 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
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Rockaway Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockaway Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
partly abandoned
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partly in use as subway line ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| usedByLine | IND Rockaway Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByService |
New York City Subway
NERFINISHED
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Rockaway Park Shuttle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | passenger transportation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Rockaway Park Shuttle
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former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion)
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