9.3 mi (15.0 km) Long Island City via the Main Line
9.0 mi (14.5 km) from Long Island City via the Montauk Branch
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Platforms
6 island platforms (cross-platform interchange)
Tracks
10
Bus operators
MTA New York City Transit, Nassau Inter County Express
Connections
New York City Subway: at Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport
AirTrain JFK: Jamaica
New York City Bus: Q20A, Q20B, Q24, Q30, Q31, Q43, Q44 SBS, Q54, Q56
MTA Bus: Q6, Q8, Q9, Q25, Q34, Q40, Q41, Q60, Q65
Nassau Inter-County Express: n4
Construction
Parking
Yes
Accessible
Yes
Other information
Fare zone
3
History
Opened
1836; 188 years ago (1836)
Rebuilt
1912–1913; 111 years ago (1913), 2001–2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Passengers
2017
over 200,000 on weekdays[2]
Rank
2 of 125[3]
Services
Preceding station
Long Island Rail Road
Following station
East New York
toward Atlantic Terminal
City Terminal Zone
Atlantic shuttle
Terminus
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Hempstead Branch
Hollis
toward Hempstead
East New York
toward Atlantic Terminal
through to City Terminal Zone
Belmont Park Branch
special events
Belmont Park
Terminus
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Long Beach Branch
Locust Manor
toward Long Beach
East New York
AM Peak Service begins 9/05
toward Atlantic Terminal
Penn Station
Terminus
Oyster Bay Branch
Mineola
toward Oyster Bay
Hunterspoint Avenue
limited service
toward Long Island City
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Ronkonkoma Branch
Mineola
toward Greenport
Elmont
limited service
toward Greenport
Penn Station
Terminus
Montauk Branch
Babylon
toward Montauk
Hunterspoint Avenue
limited service
toward Long Island City
Mineola
limited service
toward Montauk
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Far Rockaway Branch
Locust Manor
toward Far Rockaway
East New York
AM Peak Service begins 9/05
toward Atlantic Terminal
Woodside
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Babylon Branch
Lynbrook
toward Babylon
East New York
AM Peak Service Ends 9/05
toward Atlantic Terminal
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
West Hempstead Branch
St. Albans
toward West Hempstead
East New York
toward Atlantic Terminal
Kew Gardens
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Port Jefferson Branch
Floral Park
toward Port Jefferson
Hunterspoint Avenue
limited service
toward Long Island City
Hollis
limited service
toward Port Jefferson
East New York
AM Peak Service begins 9/05
toward Atlantic Terminal
Former services
Preceding station
Long Island Rail Road
Following station
Dunton
toward Long Island City or Penn Station
Main Line
Union Hall Street
toward Greenport
Dunton
toward Long Island City
Montauk Division
Union Hall Street
toward Montauk
Dunton
toward Flatbush Avenue
Atlantic Division
Cedar Manor
toward Valley Stream
Proposed services
Preceding station
Amtrak
Following station
New York
toward Norfolk, Newport News or Roanoke
Northeast Regional
Mineola
toward Ronkonkoma
The Jamaica station is a major train station of the Long Island Rail Road located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. With weekday ridership exceeding 200,000 passengers,[4] it is the largest transit hub on Long Island, the fourth-busiest rail station in North America, and the second-busiest station that exclusively serves commuter traffic. It is the third-busiest rail hub in the New York area, behind Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal. Over 1,000 trains pass through each day, the fourth-most in the New York area behind Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal, and Secaucus Junction.
The Jamaica station is located on an embankment above street level and contains six platforms and ten tracks for LIRR trains. A concourse above the LIRR platforms connects to a station on the AirTrain JFK elevated people mover to John F. Kennedy International Airport, which contains two tracks and one platform. There are also connections to the Archer Avenue lines of the New York City Subway at a separate station directly below. The area just outside is served by several local bus routes, and others terminate within a few blocks of the station.
The station is located at the junction between the between the LIRR's three main trunk routes, its Main Line, Atlantic Branch, and Montauk Branch. Due to this, all LIRR passenger service barring the Port Washington Branch operates through here, with it being common for commuters to "Change at Jamaica" between trains to travel between points on Long Island and the four New York City terminals.
^Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^"2017 RIDERSHIP BOOK" (PDF). Service Planning MTA Long Island Rail Road. 2018. p. 4. LIRR Weekday Peak/Off-Peak/Daily Customers 2008 - 2017 - East of Jamaica
^"2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 199. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. ... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order [includes Hillside Facility, Boland's Landing, Pinelawn, Mets-Willets Point, but excludes Belmont Park]
^"State-of-the-Art Computerized Centralized Signal and Switch Control System installed at busy Jamaica Station Complex". mta.info. MTA. November 7, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
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