Hollis (LIRR station)

Hollis
A Hempstead-bound M3's short stay at Hollis Station as seen from 99th Avenue
Location	193rd Street & Woodhull Avenue Hollis, Queens, New York City
Coordinates	40°42′37″N 73°46′00″W / 40.7102°N 73.7666°W / 40.7102; -73.7666Coordinates: 40°42′37″N 73°46′00″W / 40.7102°N 73.7666°W / 40.7102; -73.7666
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	Main Line (Hempstead Branch) (also Oyster Bay Branch, Port Jefferson Branch, and Ronkonkoma Branch)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	5 (1 for yard access)
Connections	NYCT Bus: Q2, Q3 MTA Bus: Q110
Construction
Parking	No
History
Opened	May 1885
Rebuilt	1915, 1990s
Electrified	750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	East Jamaica (May-September 1885)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	228
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Hillside Facility (employees only) toward New York terminals Main Line (Hempstead Branch) (also Oyster Bay Branch, Port Jefferson Branch, and Ronkonkoma Branch) Queens Village toward Greenport, Hempstead, Oyster Bay, or Port Jefferson Jamaica toward New York terminals Current and former locations Willow Tree station Main Line Bellaire station

Hollis is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line at the intersection of 193rd Street and Woodhull Avenue in Hollis, Queens, New York City, United States. Except for one AM peak Penn Station-bound train from East Williston on the Oyster Bay Branch, only trains to/from the Hempstead Branch stop here.

The station was originally built as East Jamaica in May 1885 and renamed Hollis in September of the same year. It was rebuilt as part of a grade elimination project in 1915. The station house was destroyed by arson on November 2, 1967 and a new one was built in the early 1990s.

This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long, and made of wood. The north platform, next to Track 3, is generally used by westbound or New York City-bound trains. The south platform, next to Track 4, is generally used by eastbound trains.

The station's only entrance is a pedestrian tunnel under the platforms and tracks that has a staircase to each platform and leads to 193rd Street and 99th Avenue on its south end and the dead-end of 193rd Street on its north end. Along the north platform is a pedestrian roadway that leads to 191st Street on its west end and Sagamore Avenue on its east end.

The Main Line has four tracks here. The two middle tracks, not next to either platform, are used by through trains. A fifth track south of the south platform leads to the east end of the Hillside Facility.

An additional track siding south of Platform B does not carry passenger service.