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Hicksville and Cold Spring Branch Railroad

Port Jefferson Branch
Stony Brook (LIRR station) in 2008.jpg
DE30AC #400 enters Stony Brook station westbound from Port Jefferson in 2008.
Overview
Type Commuter rail
System Long Island Rail Road
Status Operational
Locale Nassau and Suffolk County, New York, USA
Termini Floral Park
Port Jefferson
Stations 10
Services
  Port Jefferson Branch
Operation
Opened 1854-1873
Owner Long Island Rail Road
Operator(s) Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification 750 V (DC) third rail
(west of Huntington)
Route map
Main Line (west)
26.8 Hicksville
Main Line (east)
Landia closed 1973
31.0 Syosset
Nassau
Suffolk County
Zone 7
Zone 9
34.0 Cold Spring Harbor
36.6 Huntington
end of electrification
39.4 Greenlawn
Northport Branch abandoned 1985
42.5 Northport
Zone 9
Zone 10
45.3 Kings Park
KPPC Branch abandoned 1988
49.0 Smithtown
51.5 St. James
Flowerfield closed 1958
55.1 Stony Brook
Setauket closed 1980
59.4 Port Jefferson
Miller Place closed 1938
Rocky Point closed 1938
Shoreham closed 1938
Wading River closed 1938

Distances shown in miles from Pennsylvania Station.


Distances shown in miles from Pennsylvania Station.

The Port Jefferson Branch is a rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch splits from the Main Line just east of Hicksville and runs northeast and east to Port Jefferson. Several stations on the Main Line west of Hicksville are served primarily by trains bound to/from the Port Jefferson branch, so LIRR maps and schedules for the public include that part of the Main Line in the "Port Jefferson Branch" service.

The Port Jefferson Branch is one of the busiest branches of the LIRR, with frequent electric service to Huntington where electrification ends, and diesel service east of Huntington continues to Port Jefferson. The MTA also refers to the line as the "Port Jefferson/Huntington Branch", "Huntington Branch" or the "Hicksville/Huntington Branch".

Port Jefferson Branch service (as distinct from the piece of railroad called the Port Jefferson Branch) extends east from Floral Park, where the Hempstead Branch separates from the Main Line. The line west of Huntington is electrified and double tracked. Electrification extends to a point east of Huntington before Greenlawn station on a layup track for electric trains. East of there the line is single track with passing sidings at Greenlawn, east of East Northport, Kings Park, Smithtown and Stony Brook allowing trains traveling in opposite directions to pass each other.

Electric trains on the branch operate between Penn Station and Huntington, providing local service on the branch; additional weekday service operates between Penn Station and Hicksville. Trains to the Ronkonkoma Branch provide supplemental service; these usually run express, stopping only at Mineola and/or Hicksville. Additional service to Mineola is provided by Oyster Bay Branch trains, and a handful of Montauk Branch trains also stop at Mineola and Hicksville on weekdays; one Montauk-bound train makes a stop at Hicksville overnight, though the vast majority of Montauk Branch trains that run on the branch do not stop. Service on the unnelectrified portion of the branch between Port Jefferson and Huntington is usually provided by diesel shuttles running between Port Jefferson and either Huntington or Hicksville, where customers transfer to electric trains for service to New York City. During rush hours, the branch sees extra service, including direct electric service to Atlantic Terminal, service to Penn Station that bypasses Jamaica, and direct service to Hunterspoint Avenue, Long Island City, or Penn Station from stations east of Huntington.


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