Port Washington Branch

Port Washington Branch
Port Washington Branch train enters the Plandome station.
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerLong Island Rail Road
LocaleQueens and Nassau County, New York, USA
Termini
  • Woodside
  • Port Washington
Stations13
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemLong Island Rail Road
Services
Operator(s)Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Daily ridership46,808 (average weekday, 2006)
Ridership9,928,915 (annual ridership, 2023)[1]
History
Opened1854 (as Flushing Railroad)
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification750 V (DC) Third rail
Route map
Map
0.0 mi
0 km
Penn Station
NJ Transit Amtrak
Grand Central
3.7 mi
1.8 mi
3.1 mi
5 km
Woodside
"7" train"7" express train
Elmhurst (closed)
Corona (closed)
West Flushing (closed)
6.7 mi
10.8 km
Mets–Willets Point
"7" train"7" express train
Zone 1
Zone 3
7.5 mi
12.1 km
Flushing–Main Street
"7" train"7" express train
8.4 mi
13.5 km
Murray Hill
9.2 mi
14.8 km
Broadway
9.9 mi
15.9 km
Auburndale
10.8 mi
17.4 km
Bayside
12.1 mi
19.5 km
Douglaston
12.7 mi
20.4 km
Little Neck
Zone 3
Zone 4
13.8 mi
22.2 km
Great Neck
15.4 mi
24.8 km
Manhasset
16.5 mi
26.6 km
Plandome
18.1 mi
29.1 km
Port Washington
[2]

The Port Washington Branch is an electrified, mostly double-tracked rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It branches north from the Main Line at the former Winfield Junction station, just east of the Woodside station in the New York City borough of Queens, and runs roughly parallel to Northern Boulevard past Mets-Willets Point (Citi Field), Flushing, Murray Hill, Broadway, Auburndale, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, and then crosses into Nassau County for stops in Great Neck, Manhasset, and Plandome before terminating at Port Washington.[3][4]

The Port Washington Branch is the only LIRR branch to not serve Jamaica, a major LIRR transportation hub, as it branches off the Main Line at Winfield Junction, several miles northwest of Jamaica. Thus, passengers seeking to switch to other LIRR services without going into Manhattan must instead transfer at Woodside station.

  1. ^ "2023 ANNUAL RIDERSHIP REPORT". mta.info. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. III; VI. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "MTA Railroads Map". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 16, 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference timetable was invoked but never defined (see the help page).