LIRR Montauk Branch

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The LIRR Montauk Branch is a Long Island Rail Road line that runs from Jamaica in Queens through Long Island’s South Shore communities to Montauk at the island’s eastern tip.

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

West Hempstead Branch
electrification partially electrified
electrificationStatus non‑electrified east of Babylon
electrificationType 750 V DC third rail (western segment)
endPoint eastern tip of Long Island
hasNickname Cannonball (for flagship express train)
lineOrientation east–west
locatedIn Long Island
Nassau County, New York
surface form: Nassau County

New York
surface form: New York State

Queens
Suffolk County, New York
surface form: Suffolk County
majorStation Babylon
East Hampton, New York, United States
surface form: East Hampton

Freeport
Jamaica
Lynbrook
Massapequa
Montauk
Patchogue
Rockville Centre
Sayville
Southampton
openedForService late 19th century
operator Long Island Rail Road
owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority
partOf Long Island Rail Road
surface form: Long Island Rail Road network
primaryUse commuter travel to New York City
railSystem North American railway network
secondaryUse tourist access to Hamptons
tourist access to Montauk
serves South Shore of Long Island
servicePattern express service
local service
serviceType commuter rail service
seasonal beach service
terminus Jamaica Station
surface form: Jamaica station

Montauk station
trackGauge standard gauge
usesRollingStock diesel locomotives
diesel multiple units
electric multiple units

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Jamaica Station servesLine LIRR Montauk Branch
Long Island Rail Road Atlantic Branch connectsWith LIRR Montauk Branch
this entity surface form: Long Island Rail Road Montauk Branch
DE30AC locomotive usedOnLine LIRR Montauk Branch
LIRR Atlantic Terminal service terminus LIRR Montauk Branch
this entity surface form: Long Island Rail Road Montauk Branch
Long Island City station isOnLine LIRR Montauk Branch
this entity surface form: LIRR Montauk Branch (diesel territory access)
Cannonball express train to the Hamptons usesRoute LIRR Montauk Branch
subject surface form: Cannonball (LIRR train)
this entity surface form: New York Penn Station–Montauk
Hampton Bays, New York hasTransportationInfrastructure LIRR Montauk Branch
this entity surface form: Long Island Rail Road Montauk Branch
Southampton, New York hasTransportation LIRR Montauk Branch
this entity surface form: Long Island Rail Road Montauk Branch
South Fork servedBy LIRR Montauk Branch
this entity surface form: Long Island Rail Road Montauk Branch
Glendale servedBy LIRR Montauk Branch
subject surface form: Glendale, Queens
this entity surface form: Long Island Rail Road Montauk Branch (freight only)
Jamaica Station (LIRR) hasService LIRR Montauk Branch
Long Island Rail Road at Penn Station isTerminalForLine LIRR Montauk Branch
this entity surface form: Montauk Branch (some trains)