Hammels station
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Hammels (formerly Hammel) was a Long Island Rail Road station on the Rockaway Beach Branch in Hammels, Queens. It was located at what is today Beach 84th Street at the west leg of the Hammels Wye.
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Location | Fairview Avenue (now Beach 84th Street) Hammels, Queens, New York | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.59136°N 73.80942°W / 40.59136; -73.80942 | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Rockaway Beach Branch | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | Ocean Electric Railway | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1880 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | 1941[1] | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1888 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | July 26, 1905 | |||||||||||||||
Previous names | Hammel | |||||||||||||||
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