Woodside (LIRR station)

Woodside
The station looking SE from the IRT Flushing Line platforms overhead
Location	61st Street & Roosevelt Avenue Woodside, New York
Coordinates	40°44′46″N 73°54′12″W / 40.746072°N 73.903201°W / 40.746072; -73.903201Coordinates: 40°44′46″N 73°54′12″W / 40.746072°N 73.903201°W / 40.746072; -73.903201
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Main Line (City Terminal Zone)   Port Washington Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms 1 island platform
Tracks	6
Connections	New York City Subway   at 61st Street – Woodside NYCT Bus: Q32 MTA Bus: Q18, Q53, Q70 SBS to LGA
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	November 15, 1869 (F&NS)
Closed	1914
Rebuilt	1915, 1999
Electrified	June 16, 1910 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	5,728
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Penn Station Terminus Main Line (City Terminal Zone) Forest Hills toward Long Island Port Washington Branch Mets – Willets Point (Game days and USTA matches only) toward Port Washington Flushing – Main Street toward Port Washington or Great Neck Great Neck Rush-hour express toward Port Washington Belmont Park Branch Jamaica toward Belmont Park

Woodside is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. It is the first station passed by eastward trains from Penn Station, and it is the only Queens station that serves both the Port Washington Branch and the other LIRR branches that begin east of Jamaica station (with the exception of the Montauk Branch). East of Woodside the two-track Port Washington Branch turns east from the Main Line, while the four-track Main Line continues south-easterly to Jamaica station.

Woodside has six tracks and three platforms. The four southernmost tracks passing through the station are the Main Line tracks; the two center tracks are through (express) tracks and do not have platform faces at Woodside. The two northernmost tracks are the Port Washington branch tracks, both of which have platforms. West of the station, the line merges with Amtrak's Hell Gate Bridge access tracks (part of the Northeast Corridor) at Harold Interlocking before entering the East River Tunnels to Manhattan. The 61st Street – Woodside (7 <7> trains) station is above Woodside station, on a high viaduct above Roosevelt Avenue. The station is ADA wheelchair accessible by means of elevators and ramps.