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Far Rockaway Branch, the Glossary

The Far Rockaway Branch is an electrified rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York.^[1]

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Long Island Rail Road branches
Railway lines opened in 1869

A (New York City Subway service)

The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway.

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Arverne, Queens

Arverne is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the Rockaway Peninsula.

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The Atlantic Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. Far Rockaway Branch and Atlantic Branch are Long Island Rail Road branches.

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Atlantic Park station (LIRR)

Atlantic Park was a station on the Long Island Rail Road's former Far Rockaway Branch route in the Rockaways in Queens County, New York City, New York, United States.

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Beach 105th Street station

The Beach 105th Street station (signed as Beach 105th Street–Seaside station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located at Beach 105th Street on the Rockaway Freeway in Queens.

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Beach 60th Street station

The Beach 60th Street station (signed as Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway.

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Beach 67th Street station

The Beach 67th Street station (signed as Beach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway.

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Broad Channel station

The Broad Channel station is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in the neighborhood of the same name at Noel and West Roads in the borough of Queens.

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Cedarhurst, New York

Cedarhurst is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.

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Edgemere, Queens

Edgemere is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, extending from Beach 32nd to Beach 52nd Street on the Rockaway Peninsula.

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Far Rockaway Branch

The Far Rockaway Branch is an electrified rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. Far Rockaway Branch and Far Rockaway Branch are 1869 establishments in New York (state), Long Island Rail Road branches and railway lines opened in 1869.

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Far Rockaway station (LIRR)

Far Rockaway is the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens in New York City.

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Far Rockaway, Queens

Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the eastern part of the Rockaway peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station

The Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station (announced as Far Rockaway station) is the eastern terminal station of the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line. Far Rockaway Branch and Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station are 1869 establishments in New York (state).

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Glossary of rail transport terms

Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways.

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Grand Central Madison

Grand Central Madison is a commuter rail terminal for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.

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Hammels, Queens

Hammels is an area within Rockaway Beach on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Hewlett station

Hewlett is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in Hewlett, in Nassau County, New York, United States. Far Rockaway Branch and Hewlett station are 1869 establishments in New York (state).

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Hewlett, New York

Hewlett is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.

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IND Rockaway Line

The IND Rockaway Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway, operating in Queens.

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Inwood, New York

Inwood is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.

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Laurelton, Queens

Laurelton is a largely middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens and part of the former town of Jamaica.

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Lawrence, Nassau County, New York

Lawrence is a village in Nassau County, New York, United States.

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Locust Manor, Queens

Locust Manor is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Long Beach Branch

The Long Beach Branch is an electrified rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. Far Rockaway Branch and Long Beach Branch are Long Island Rail Road branches.

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Long Island City station

The Long Island City station is a rail terminal of the Long Island Rail Road in the Hunters Point and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens, New York City.

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Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road, often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island.

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M1/M3 (railcar)

The M1 and M3 are two similar series of electric multiple unit rail cars built by the Budd Company for the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Railroad, and Metro-North's predecessors, Penn Central and Conrail.

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M7 (railcar)

The M7 is an electric multiple unit railroad car built by Bombardier for use on the MTA's Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad.

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.

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Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan and serves as the city's primary central business district.

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Milestone

A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary.

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Montauk Branch

The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. Far Rockaway Branch and Montauk Branch are Long Island Rail Road branches.

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MTA Regional Bus Operations

MTA Regional Bus Operations (RBO) is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

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Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocean to the south.

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Nassau Inter-County Express

The Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) is the local bus system serving Nassau County, New York.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

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New York Penn Station

Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere, serving more than 600,000 passengers per weekday.

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Ocean Electric Railway

The Ocean Electric Railway was a street car line that operated on The Rockaways.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Railway electrification

Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport.

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Rego Park station (LIRR)

Rego Park is a former Long Island Rail Road station.

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Remington Vernam (land developer)

Remington Vernam (January 1843 – July 3, 1907) was an American lawyer and real-estate developer from New York, best known for founding and developing the community of Arverne, which became part of New York City in 1898, from land he had purchased in 1882.

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Rockaway Beach Branch

The Rockaway Beach Branch was a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in Queens, New York City, United States. Far Rockaway Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch are Long Island Rail Road branches.

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Rockaway Beach, Queens

Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Rockaway Park, Queens

Rockaway Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station

The Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station is the western terminal station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located on Beach 116th Street near Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Beach, Queens.

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Rosedale, Queens

Rosedale is a neighborhood in New York City in the southeastern portion of the borough of Queens.

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South Side Railroad of Long Island

The South Side Railroad of Long Island was a railroad company in the U.S. state of New York.

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Southern Hempstead Branch

The Southern Hempstead Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road from Valley Stream to Hempstead.

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Springfield Gardens, Queens

Springfield Gardens is a neighborhood in the southeastern area of the New York City borough of Queens, bounded to the north by St. Albans, to the east by Laurelton and Rosedale, to the south by John F. Kennedy International Airport, and to the west by Farmers Boulevard.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Raunt station

The Raunt was a former Long Island Rail Road station on the Rockaway Beach Branch.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Valley Stream station

Valley Stream is a train station located on the Atlantic Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, in Nassau County, New York.

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Valley Stream, New York

Valley Stream is a village in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.

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Vincent F. Seyfried

Vincent Francis Seyfried (April 18, 1918-April 14, 2012, aged 93) was an American historian of Long Island.

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West Hempstead Branch

The West Hempstead Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). Far Rockaway Branch and West Hempstead Branch are Long Island Rail Road branches.

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Woodhaven Junction station

Woodhaven Junction was a station complex on the Atlantic Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located at Atlantic Avenue between 98th and 100th Streets in Woodhaven, Queens, New York City.

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Woodmere, New York

Woodmere is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Rockaway_Branch

Also known as Brown Line (LIRR Far Rockaway Branch), Brown Line (LIRR), Brown Line (Long Island Rail Road), Brown Line (Long Island Railroad), Far Rockaway Branch (LIRR), Far Rockaway Branch (Long Island Rail Road), Far Rockaway Branch Railroad, Far Rockaway Branch Railroad of Queens County, New York, Rockaway Division, Rockaway Railway.

, Rosedale, Queens, South Side Railroad of Long Island, Southern Hempstead Branch, Springfield Gardens, Queens, The New York Times, The Raunt station, U.S. state, United States, Valley Stream station, Valley Stream, New York, Vincent F. Seyfried, West Hempstead Branch, Woodhaven Junction station, Woodmere, New York.

Far Rockaway Branch, the Glossary

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See also

Long Island Rail Road branches

Railway lines opened in 1869

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