This article is about the current LIRR service and original branch from Mineola. For the defunct line operated in the 1870s, see Southern Hempstead Branch. For the current form of the Southern Hempstead, see West Hempstead Branch. For the Pennsylvania Railroad line near Dayton, Ohio, see Hempstead Branch (Pennsylvania Railroad).
Long Island Rail Road branch
Hempstead Branch
Hempstead Branch train #757 enters Stewart Manor, due west to Brooklyn.
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Long Island Rail Road
Locale
Queens and Nassau County, New York, USA
Termini
Hillside Facility
Hempstead
Stations
10
Service
Type
Commuter rail
System
Long Island Rail Road
Services
Hempstead Branch
Operator(s)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Ridership
2,778,998 (annual ridership, 2022)
History
Opened
1873 (as part of the Central Railroad of Long Island)
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
Third rail, 750 V DC
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Main Line
to Penn Station, Grand Central, or Long Island City
Atlantic
9.3 mi
15 km
Jamaica
Far RockawayLong Beachvia Atlantic
BabylonWest Hempsteadvia Montauk
Hillside Facility
11.5 mi
18.5 km
Hollis
13.2 mi
21.2 km
Queens Village
Queens
Nassau
Zone 3
Zone 4
Belmont Park
Elmont (eastbound)
14.3 mi
23 km
Bellerose
14.9 mi
24 km
Floral Park
Main Line
16.3 mi
26.2 km
Stewart Manor
17.3 mi
27.8 km
Nassau Boulevard
18.4 mi
29.6 km
Garden City
Mitchel Field Secondary
Oyster Bay Branch (former)
19.0 mi
30.6 km
Country Life Press
West Hempstead Branch (former)
19.8 mi
31.9 km
Hempstead
Distances shown from Long Island City
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The Hempstead Branch is an electrified rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch begins at the Main Line at Queens Interlocking, just east of Queens Village station. It parallels the Main Line past Bellerose to Floral Park, where it splits southward and continues east via the village of Garden City to Hempstead Crossing. There it turns south to the final two stations, Country Life Press and Hempstead.
LIRR maps and schedules show Hempstead Branch service continuing west along the Main Line to Jamaica. Hempstead Branch trains provide most service at Hollis and Queens Village.[2][3] The line is double tracked to just east of Garden City Station, where it is reduced to one track at Garden Interlocking for the final 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to Hempstead station.
^Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VII. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^"MTA Railroads Map". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 16, 2023.
^"LIRR Hempstead Branch Timetable". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 23, 2023.
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