Atlantic Branch

Atlantic Branch
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Long Island Rail Road
Locale	Western Long Island, New York, USA
Termini	Atlantic Terminal Valley Stream
Stations	8 passenger, 1 employee-only
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Long Island Rail Road
Services	City Terminal Zone (Atlantic Shuttle)   West Hempstead Branch   Hempstead Branch (Peak Only)   Babylon Branch (Peak Only)
Operator(s)	Metropolitan Transportation Authority
History
Opened	1836 (west of Jamaica) 1867 (east of Jamaica)
Technical
Line length	15.7[1] mi (25.3 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 V DC
Route map Legend 0.0 mi 0 km Atlantic Terminal ​​​​​​​ Atlantic Avenue Viaduct 1.6 mi 2.6 km Nostrand Avenue ​ Bay Ridge Branch 4.0 mi 6.4 km East New York ​​​​ Woodhaven (closed) Woodhaven Junction (closed) Clarenceville (closed) Morris Park (closed) Montauk Branch to Long Island City 8.5 mi 13.7 km Morris Park Facility (Boland's Landing) Main Line to Long Island City & Penn Station Dunton (closed) Zone 1 Zone 3 9.3 mi 15 km Jamaica ​​​ Hempstead Oyster Bay Port Jefferson Ronkonkoma Montauk via Main Line Beaver Street (closed) South Street (closed) Cedar Manor (closed) 12.2 mi 19.6 km Locust Manor Higbie Avenue (closed) 13.1 mi 21.1 km Laurelton Montauk Branch via St. Albans 14.0 mi 22.5 km Rosedale Queens Nassau Zone 3 Zone 4 15.7 mi 25.3 km Valley Stream Far Rockaway West Hempstead Babylon Long Beach via Montauk Distances shown from Atlantic Terminal This diagram: view talk edit

The Atlantic Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It is the only LIRR line with revenue passenger service in the borough of Brooklyn.

The line consists of two sections constructed separately. The portion of the line from Atlantic Terminal to Jamaica was constructed as part of the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad and opened in 1836, while the portion from Jamaica to Valley Stream was constructed as part of the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1867.