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New York Bay Extension Railroad

West Hempstead Branch
West Hempstead Station - Side View.jpg
Side view of West Hempstead Station, from Hempstead Avenue.
Overview
Type Commuter rail
System Long Island Rail Road
Status Operational
Locale Nassau County, New York, USA
Termini Valley Stream
West Hempstead
Stations 5
Services
Operation
Opened 1893
Owner Long Island Rail Road
Operator(s) Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification 750 Volts (DC)
Third rail, since 1926
Route map
AirTrain JFK
Zone 1
Zone 3
10.8 Jamaica
13.6 St. Albans
Queens/Nassau County border
Zone 3
Zone 4
17.9 Valley Stream
19.3 Westwood
20.1 Malverne
21.2 Lakeview
21.9 Hempstead Gardens
22.5 West Hempstead

Distances shown in miles from Pennsylvania Station.


Distances shown in miles from Pennsylvania Station.

The West Hempstead Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York. It runs between Valley Stream, New York, and West Hempstead, New York.

The branch separates from the Montauk Branch just east of Valley Stream, and runs northeast to West Hempstead. The line has one track between Westwood station and Hempstead Gardens and two from there to the end of the line in West Hempstead, the southbound or east track being a siding. The right-of-way of the West Hempstead Branch is wide enough for two tracks for its whole length. There are three grade-crossings on the line, reducing the maximum speed to 65 miles per hour (105 km/h), and because of curves at the Lakeview and Malverne stations, the speed is lowered to 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) on that stretch.

Since Valley Stream only has platforms on the Atlantic Branch, which parallels the Montauk Branch to the south, most West Hempstead Branch trains that serve Valley Stream are shuttles that terminate there. Currently, the three exceptions are the three weekday eastbound (two AM, one peak PM) trains originating from Atlantic Terminal that use Valley Stream as a through station.


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