Grand Street station (LIRR Main Line)
Grand Street | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 40°44′1.6″N 73°53′1.2″W / 40.733778°N 73.883667°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1913 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1925 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1905 | |||||||||||||||
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Grand Street was a railroad station on the
Grand Avenue – Newtown subway station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line. Though it was only operational for 12 years, it served both the Main Line and the Rockaway Beach Branch which broke away from the main line in Rego Park
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The station opened as a pair of sheltered sheds on July 1, 1913, and served both local main line trains and as the original terminus of the Rockaway Beach Branch. The sheds were removed in 1922, and it was discontinued as a station stop in 1925.Whitepot Junction, but it served Rockaway Beach Branch trains exclusively.
References
- ^ "Long Island Station history". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
External links
- Ron Ziel historic photograph of Grand Street Station (LIRR Unofficial History Website)[usurped]
- Grand Street Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
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