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Woodhaven Junction (LIRR station)
Encyclopedia
Woodhaven Junction was a station on the Atlantic Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch
of the Long Island Rail Road
. It should not be confused with the former Woodhaven Station
two stops west along the Atlantic Branch.
closed after a trestle on Jamaica Bay
between The Raunt
and Broad Channel Stations was destroyed by fire. Ridership declined, and fewer trains were scheduled to make the stop. Passengers had to ride buses to the next nearest stations. The elevated station of the Rockaway Beach Branch closed first on June 8, 1962. The underground station of the Atlantic Branch closed in 1976, and is still visible from passing trains.
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. The line left the Main Line at Whitepot Junction in Rego Park heading south via Ozone Park and across Jamaica Bay to Hammels in the Rockaways turning west there to a...
of the Long Island Rail Road
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving about 81.5 million passengers each year. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US...
. It should not be confused with the former Woodhaven Station
Woodhaven (LIRR station)
Woodhaven is a former railroad and trolley station on the Atlantic Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. Though it was also on one of the same lines as Woodhaven Junction the two stations were distinguished from one another...
two stops west along the Atlantic Branch.
History
The station was first opened by the LIRR in 1893 (although some sources claim it was built in July 1895), and rebuilt in 1942, when the Atlantic Branch was buried underground. The design resembled an Independent Subway station. The tilework is of the same design; the name mosaic reads "Woodhaven". The station was used less and less after 1950, when the Rockaway Beach BranchRockaway 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. The line left the Main Line at Whitepot Junction in Rego Park heading south via Ozone Park and across Jamaica Bay to Hammels in the Rockaways turning west there to a...
closed after a trestle on Jamaica Bay
Jamaica Bay
Jamaica Bay is located on the southwestern tip of Long Island in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, and the town of Hempstead, New York/hamlet of Inwood...
between The Raunt
The Raunt (LIRR station)
The Raunt was a former Long Island Rail Road station on the Rockaway Beach Branch. It had no address and no station house, because it was meant strictly as a dropping-off point for fishermen using a small island in Jamaica Bay. The station was located 1300 feet west of signal station "ER" , and...
and Broad Channel Stations was destroyed by fire. Ridership declined, and fewer trains were scheduled to make the stop. Passengers had to ride buses to the next nearest stations. The elevated station of the Rockaway Beach Branch closed first on June 8, 1962. The underground station of the Atlantic Branch closed in 1976, and is still visible from passing trains.