The Cannonball runs express through Bay Shore to the Hamptons along the Montauk Branch.
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Long Island Rail Road
Locale
Long Island, New York, USA
Termini
Long Island City (physical line); Babylon (service pattern)
Montauk
Stations
33 (physical line); 16 (service pattern)
Service
Type
Commuter rail, freight rail
System
Long Island Rail Road
Services
West Hempstead Branch
Babylon Branch
Montauk Branch
Operator(s)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (passenger) New York and Atlantic Railway (freight)
Ridership
1,662,936 (annual ridership, 2022)
Technical
Line length
115.8 mi (186.4 km)
Number of tracks
2 (from Long Island City to Sayville) 1 (east of Sayville)
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
Third rail, 750 V DC (Jamaica–Babylon)
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Long Island City
0.0 mi
0 km
Main Line
via Woodside
99.9 mi
160.8 km
Lower Montauk Branch
Blissville Yard
Penny Bridge (closed)
Laurel Hill (closed)
Haberman (closed)
Navy Lead Track
Grand Avenue Lead Track
Maspeth (closed)
Bushwick Branch
Fresh Pond (closed)
Bay Ridge Branch &
New York Connecting RR
Glendale (closed)
Ridgewood (closed)
Richmond Hill (closed)
Richmond Hill Team Track
Atlantic
Morris Park Facility
Dunton (closed)
Main Line
via Woodside
Zone 1
Zone 3
9.0 mi
14.5 km
Jamaica
11.8 mi
19 km
Babylon & other services
Atlantic Branch
via Laurelton
Main Line
11.8 mi
19 km
St. Albans
99.9 mi
160.8 km
Springfield Gardens (closed)
Hempstead intermediate stops
14.0 mi
22.5 km
Rosedale
Queens
Nassau
Zone 3
Zone 4
Hempstead
16.1 mi
25.9 km
Valley Stream
Far Rockaway
West Hempstead
Port Jefferson intermediate stops
17.7 mi
28.5 km
Lynbrook
Long Beach
18.6 mi
29.9 km
Mineola
Zone 4
Zone 7
Port Jefferson intermediate stops
19.3 mi
31.1 km
Rockville Centre
21.2 mi
34.1 km
Baldwin
22.7 mi
36.5 km
Freeport
24.1 mi
38.8 km
Merrick
24.8 mi
39.9 km
Hicksville
Port Jefferson
25.6 mi
41.2 km
Bellmore
25.9 mi
41.7 km
Wantagh
27.7 mi
44.6 km
Seaford
28.7 mi
46.2 km
Massapequa
Ronkonkomavia Main Line
29.5 mi
47.5 km
Massapequa Park
Unqua (closed)
Nassau
Suffolk
Zone 7
Zone 9
30.6 mi
49.2 km
Amityville
32.4 mi
52.1 km
Copiague
33.7 mi
54.2 km
Lindenhurst
Central Branch
36.6 mi
58.9 km
Babylon
(end electrification)
Zone 9
Zone 10
40.7 mi
65.5 km
Bay Shore
43.1 mi
69.4 km
Islip
45.2 mi
72.7 km
Great River
Club House (closed)
47.4 mi
76.3 km
Oakdale
49.8 mi
80.1 km
Sayville
Bayport (closed)
Blue Point (closed)
53.2 mi
85.6 km
Patchogue
Hagerman (closed)
Zone 10
Zone 12
57.8 mi
93 km
Bellport
Brookhaven (closed)
62.3 mi
100.3 km
Mastic – Shirley
Mastic (closed)
Center Moriches (closed)
East Moriches (closed)
Manorville Branch
Eastport (closed)
70.8 mi
113.9 km
Speonk
Zone 12
Zone 14
74.3 mi
119.6 km
Westhampton
Quogue (closed)
81.2 mi
130.7 km
Hampton Bays
Canoe Place (closed)
Shinnecock Hills (closed)
Southampton College (closed)
89.3 mi
143.7 km
Southampton
Water Mill (closed)
94.0 mi
151.3 km
Bridgehampton
Sag Harbor Branch
Wainscott (closed)
100.9 mi
162.4 km
East Hampton
104.3 mi
167.9 km
Amagansett
Promised Land (closed)
115.8 mi
186.4 km
Montauk
Distances shown from Long Island City via the Lower Montauk Branch
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The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City to Montauk. However, in LIRR maps and schedules for public use, the term Montauk Branch refers to the line east of Babylon; service from Jamaica to Babylon is covered by separate Babylon Branch schedules, while the line west of Jamaica is currently unused for passenger service.[2] A select number of Montauk Branch trains operate via the Main Line during peak hours.[3]
^Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. IV. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^"MTA Railroads". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
^"LIRR Montauk Branch Timetable". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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service beyond Babylon to Montauk is referred to as MontaukBranch service. All branches except the Port Washington Branch pass through Jamaica; the trackage...
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Montauk is the terminus of the MontaukBranch of the Long Island Rail Road, as well as the easternmost railroad station on Long Island and in New York...
colonies of the northeastern United States. The MontaukBranch of the Long Island Rail Road, the Montauk Highway, and private bus services connect the Hamptons...
Oyster Bay, Montauk, or Port Jefferson Branches via the Main Line. Until November 2012, some LIRR trains also ran via the Lower MontaukBranch to and from...
from Bridgehampton along the current MontaukBranch to Eastport and used what later became the Manorville Branch to the Main Line at Manorville. The line...
its Main Line, Atlantic Branch, and MontaukBranch. Due to this, all LIRR passenger service barring the Port Washington Branch operates through here, with...
the way it connected with the MontaukBranch near Glendale, the Atlantic Branch near Woodhaven, and the Far Rockaway Branch at Hammels. After a 1950 fire...
Hempstead, in Nassau County, New York, United States. The branch separates from the MontaukBranch just east of Valley Stream, and runs northeast to West...
Hempstead Long Beach Branch to Long Beach MontaukBranch to Babylon and Montauk Oyster Bay Branch to Oyster Bay Port Jefferson Branch to Huntington and Port...
Rockaway Branch and Long Beach Branch as of February 27, 2023. West Hempstead Branch trains previously stopped at this station. The tracks of the Montauk Branch...
the MontaukBranch and is the eastern terminus of the Babylon Branch service. To the west is the junction (Belmont Junction) with the Central Branch, which...
Ronkonkoma Branch the non-electrified Central Branch, which splits from the Ronkonkoma Branch east of Bethpage and connects with the more southern Montauk Branch...
that connected the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Lower MontaukBranch. The Montauk Cutoff is a cutoff approximately one-third of a mile in length...
in the Glendale neighborhood of Queens, where it connects with the MontaukBranch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is owned by the LIRR but operated under...
the Far Rockaway Branch to continue west as the Atlantic Branch. East from there the Long Beach Branch parallels the MontaukBranch to Lynbrook station...
City. It is the longest freight-only line of the LIRR, connecting the MontaukBranch and CSX Transportation's Fremont Secondary (to the Hell Gate Bridge)...
poor track conditions on its MontaukBranch resulted in lengthy trip times and delayed trains. Rebuilding the MontaukBranch in 1978 and 1979 resulted in...
now the MontaukBranch of the LIRR from Long Island City to Jamaica, the Atlantic Branch from Jamaica to Valley Stream, and the MontaukBranch again from...
the railroad's MontaukBranch and Long Beach Branch lines and is served by Long Beach Branch trains and select weekday Babylon Branch trains. The station...
combination "Road 'n' Rail" service, paralleling the MontaukBranch between Babylon and Montauk. Passengers on short trips were expected to be attracted...
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