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Long Island RR

Jamaica to Hicksville NY
Built by Long Island RR 1837
Controlled by Pennsylvania RR 1900-1949

Hicksville NY to Farmingdale NY
Built by Long Island RR 1837-1841
Controlled by Pennsylvania RR 1900-1949

Farmingdale to Central Islip
Completed by Long Island RR 1842
Controlled by Pennsylvania RR 1900-1949

Central Islip to Greenport NY
Completed by Long Island RR 1844

Manorville to Eastport NY
Completed by Long Island RR 5-1870
abandoned

Jamaica NY to Lynbrook
Completed by South Side RR Co of Long Island 10-1867
to Southern RR Co of Long Island 10-16-1874
leased to Long Island RR 5-3-1876
to Brooklyn & Montauk RR 3-22-1880
merged into Long Island RR 10-5-1889

Lynbrook NY to Babylon NY
Completed by South Side RR Co of Long Island 10-1867
to Southern RR Co of Long Island 10-16-1874
leased to Long Island RR 5-3-1876
to Brooklyn & Montauk RR 3-22-1880
merged into Long Island RR 10-5-1889

Babylon to Islip NY
Completed by South Side RR Co of Long Island 7-1868
to Southern RR Co of Long Island 10-16-1874
leased to Long Island RR 5-3-1876
to Brooklyn & Montauk RR 3-22-1880
merged into Long Island RR 10-5-1889

Islip NY to Patchogue

Patchogue NY to Eastport NY
Completed by Brooklyn & Montauk RR 6-1881
operated by Long Island RR under lease

Eastport to Bridgehampton
Completed by Long Island RR 5-1870

Bridgehampton NY to Sag Harbor NY
Completed by Long Island RR 5-1870
ICC ordered abandonment 3-23-1939
operations discontinued 5-2-1939

Bridgehampton NY to Montauk NY
Built by Montauk Extension RR 1893-95
operated by Long Island RR under lease

Long Island City to Jamaica via Woodside
Built by New York & Jamaica RR 1859-61
controlled by Long Island RR
to Long Island RR 4-25-1860

Flatbush Ave to Jamaica NY
Built by Brooklyn & Jamaica RR 1832-36
Leased to Long Island RR 12-1-1836 until 4-1860 when steam power banned in Brooklyn
to Atlantic Avenue RR Co of Brooklyn 1872
use of steam power authorized

Bushwick to Jamaica NY

Hicksville to Syosset NY
Built by Hicksville & Cold Spring Branch RR 1853-54
operated by Long Island RR under lease
merged into Long Island RR 12-1870

Syosset to Northport Jct NY

Northport Jct to Northport NY

Northport Jct to Port Jefferson NY
Built by Smithtown & Port Jefferson RR 1870-73
consolidated with Long Island RR North Shore Branch 9-23-1892

Port Jefferson NY to Wading River
Built by Long Island RR North Shore Branch 1892-95
abandonment ordered 9-22-1938
operations discontinued 11-1-1938

Bethpage Jct to Babylon
Built by Central RR Extension Co 1873
leased to Central RR Co of Long Island 5-1-1873
operated by Long Island RR under lease after 5-3-1876
sold to Long Island RR 2-9-1882

Floral Park to East Garden City
Built by A. T. Stewart under charter of Central RR Co of Long Island 1871-73
operated by Flushing & North Side RR until 8-1-1874
operated by Flushing, North Shore & Central RR 8-1-1874 to 5-3-1876
operated by Long Island RR after 5-3-1876
to Long Island RR 6-1-1892

East Garden City to Bethpage Jct
Built by A. T. Stewart under charter of Central RR Co of Long Island 1871-73
operated by Flushing & North Side RR until 8-1-1874
operated by Flushing, North Shore & Central RR 8-1-1874 to 5-3-1876
operated by Long Island RR after 5-3-1876
to Long Island RR 6-1-1892

Flushing to Port Washington
Flushing to Great Neck built by North Shore RR 1866
to Long Island City & Flushing RR 10-2-1884
Great Neck to Port Washington built by Great Neck & Port Washington RR 1898
subsidiary of Long Island RR

Long Island City to Flushing
Built by Flushing RR 1854
to Flushing & North Side RR 5-1-1869
to Long Island City & Flushing RR 4-1-1881

Bay Ridge to Fresh Pond NY
Bay Ridge to New Lots built by New York Bay Ridge & Jamaica RR 1876 as 36" gauge
New Lots to East New York built by New York & Manhattan Beach Ry 1877 as 36" gauge
East New York to Bushwick built by New York & Manhattan Beach Ry 1877 as 36" gauge
Cooper Ave to Fresh Pond built by Long Island City & Manhattan Beach RR 1883
all converted to standard gauge 1883
all three RRs merged to form New York Brooklyn & Manhattan Beach RR 1885
operated by Long Island RR under lease starting 5-1-1882

Cooper Ave Jct to Bushwick
East New York to Bushwick built by New York & Manhattan Beach Ry 1877 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1883
merged to form New York Brooklyn & Manhattan Beach RR 1885
operated by Long Island RR under lease starting 5-1-1882

Bushwick Jct to Long Island City
Built by Flushing RR Co 1854
to New York & Flushing RR 3-24-1859
leased to South Side RR Co 6-10-1870

Rockaway Park to
Glendale Jct to Rockaway Park built by New York Woodhaven & Rockaway Beach RR 1877-80
to New York & Rockaway Beach RR 8-20-1887

Rego Park to
Rego Park to Glendale Jct built by Long Island RR 1910

Hammel to Far Rockaway NY
Built by Rockaway Ry 1871-72
to South Side RR Co of Long Island 9-14-1872
lease assigned to New York & Rockaway Beach RR 9-1-1887

Far Rockaway to Valley Stream NY
Built by Far Rockaway Branch RR of Queens County 1868-69
operated by South Side RR under lease
merged into South Side RR Co 9-14-1872

Rockaway Jct to Springfiled Jct
Built by New York & Rockaway RR Co 1870-72
to Jamaica & South Shore RR 12-23-1903

Springfield Jct to Cedarhurst
Built by New York & Rockaway RR Co 1870-72
to Jamaica & South Shore RR 12-23-1903
abandoned 1880

West Hempstead to Valley Stream
Built by New York Bay Extension RR Co 1892-93

West Hempstead to Country Life Press
Built by New York Bay Extension RR Co 1892-93

Hempstead Crossing to Hempstead
Built by A. T. Stewart under charter of Central RR Co of Long Island 1871-73
operated by Flushing & North Side RR until 8-1-1874
operated by Flushing, North Shore & Central RR 8-1-1874 to 5-3-1876
operated by Long Island RR after 5-3-1876

Hempstead Crossing to Mineola
Completed by Long Island RR 1839

Mineola to Glen Head

Glen Head to Glen Cove

Glen Cove to Locust Valley

Locust Valley to Oyster Bay NY
Built by Oyster Bay Extension RR 1886-89

Lynbrook to Long Beach
Built by New York & Long Beach RR 1880-82

Creedmore to Floral Park
Built by Central RR Co of Long Island 1871-73
operated by Flushing, North Shore & Central RR 8-1-1874 to 10-1879

Flushing to Creedmore
Built by Central RR Co of Long Island 1871-73
operated by Flushing, North Shore & Central RR 8-1-1874 to 10-1879
abandoned 10-8-1879

Bethpage spur

Belmont Park spur

Whitestone Branch
Construction started by Flushing & Woodside RR 1864
to Flushing & North Side RR 2-6-1871
completed 1871
to Long Island City & Flushing RR 4-1-1881
abandoned

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