Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR)
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Accessible | No; accessibility planned | ||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1878, 1903, 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | June 16, 1910 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||||||||||
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2006 | 6,479[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Hunterspoint Avenue station is a
The station is served only during weekday rush hours in the peak direction (to Hunterspoint Avenue from Long Island in the morning, from Hunterspoint Avenue to Long Island in the evening). Trains serving here usually run on the
History
Hunterspoint Avenue station opened in August 1860, three years before the
According to a
In June 1947, only two weekday trains were scheduled east from Hunterspoint Ave, one to Jamaica and one to Queens Village. Trains destined beyond electrified territory could leave Penn Station behind DD1 electric locomotives and change engines at Jamaica; thirteen weekday trains did so. That service ended in 1951, leading to Hunterspoint Avenue's present role.
On November 22, 1948, a 155 foot (47 m)-long extension of the platform went into service.[5]
In the 2010s, it was announced that the station would receive renovations and become compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as part of the 2015-2019 MTA Capital Program.[6] However, this was pushed back in an amendment from August 2017 until the MTA's 2020-2024 Capital Program.[6][7]
Station layout
The station has one 10-car long high-level island platform between the two Main Line tracks, with stairways on both sides of 49th Avenue.
G | Street level | Entrance/exit to 49th Avenue |
P Platform level |
Track 1 | ← Port Jefferson Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus) ← Oyster Bay Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus) ← Montauk Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus) Port Jefferson Branch PM rush hours toward Huntington or Port Jefferson (Jamaica) → Oyster Bay Branch PM rush hours toward Oyster Bay (Jamaica) → Montauk Branch PM rush hours toward Patchogue, Speonk or Montauk (Jamaica) → |
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
Track 2 | ← Port Jefferson Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus) ← Oyster Bay Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus) ← Montauk Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus) Port Jefferson Branch PM rush hours toward Huntington or Port Jefferson (Jamaica) → Oyster Bay Branch PM rush hours toward Oyster Bay (Jamaica) → Montauk Branch PM rush hours toward Patchogue, Speonk or Montauk (Jamaica) → |
Gallery
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Hunterspoint Avenue station, as seen from IRT Flushing Line subway train.
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The North end of the station seen from the overpass bridge.
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Junction; left branch crosses Borden Avenue to HP station.
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A New Jersey Transit commuter train passes by on the way toPenn Stationas it leaves the Sunnyside Yard.
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So does an Amtrak train.
References
- ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. III. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ "New Railway Station; At Hunters Point Avenue, L.I. City, to Open July 1". The New York Times. May 3, 1914. p. XX1. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ "Long Island Rail Road Alphabetical Station Listing and History". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ a b Heaton, Richard (November 21, 2019). "MTA sidetracks new LIRR Elmhurst station". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Castillo, Alfonso A. (September 23, 2019). "LIRR plan: Upgrade stations, new trains". Newsday. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2020.