Jamaica Station (New York City)
| Jamaica | |
|---|---|
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Separation station , contact station |
| Platform tracks | 8 ( LIRR ), 4 ( Subway ), 2 ( AirTrain ) |
| opening | 1913 |
| Website URL | lirr42.mta.info/ |
| Architectural data | |
| architect | Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison |
| location | |
| City / municipality | New York City |
| State | new York |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40 ° 41 '59 " N , 73 ° 48' 28" W |
| List of train stations in the United States | |
The Jamaica Station in the district of the same name is the third largest train station in New York and the main hub for the rail traffic of Long Island . It is served by the Long Island Rail Road , the New York City Subway and the AirTrain JFK .
It is divided into three parts: The LIRR station is located between Archer Avenue and 94th Avenue and spans Sutphin Boulevard. To the north of the concourse below Archer Avenue is the Sutphin Boulevard - Archer Avenue - JFK Airport subway station, which is connected underground to the LIRR station. The AirTrain station, opened in 2003, connects to the LIRR station to the south.
With the exception of the AirTrain station, all parts of the station are operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority . In 2006, 21,756 people got on or off the Jamaica Station every week.
Since 2007 the area around the station has been in an urban redesign process. In the course of this, the underpass of Sutphin Boulevard under the train station was redesigned to be pedestrian-friendly .
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All LIRR lines from east Long Island (ie all except Port Washington Branch ) converge at Jamaica Station and then divide westwards to the various terminus in New York ( Penn Station , Atlantic Terminal and Long Island City Station ).
Directly west of the station, the line divides into three branches, each of which leads to one of the three terminal stations in Manhattan , Brooklyn and Queens . To the east, the Far Rockaway Branch branches off to the south immediately behind the train station, while the other branches initially run on a common route for a while and then branch out gradually.
The station is part of the City Zone Branch and is in tariff zone 3.
Subway
The Sutphin Boulevard - Archer Avenue - JFK Airport subway station is on the IND Archer Avenue Line and the BMT Archer Avenue Line , which are one above the other. Both lines provide connections to Manhattan . On the IND Archer Avenue Line in basement B2, trains on the line run 
via Queens Boulevard , while on the BMT Archer Avenue Line in basement B3 the lines 
and 
via Brooklyn to Manhattan.
AirTrain JFK
The Jamaica Station - Sutphin Boulevard section forms the northern end of the AirTrain JFK . Even before the Howard Beach station, it is the most important transfer point between local public transport and New York-JFK Airport . All Jamaica Station Line trains run between the train station and the airport in around 10 minutes.
Bus transport
The following MTA bus lines serve Jamaica Station: Q6, Q43, 6, 8, 9, 20A, 20B, 24, 25, 30, 31, 34, 40, 41, 43, 44, 54, 56, 60 & 65
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Images of Rail: Jamaica Station, by David D. Morrison (Arcadia Publishing; 2011)
- ↑ LIRR STATION 2006 WEEKDAY PASSENGER COUNTS. (pdf) (No longer available online.) transitdocs.com, 2006, archived from the original on December 19, 2014 ; accessed on March 23, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jamaica Infrastructure Projects. nycedc.com, September 8, 2014, accessed March 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Queens Bus Map. (pdf) web.mta.info, January 2015, accessed on March 23, 2015 .
