Woodhaven Junction station
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Not to be confused with Woodhaven station, also on the Atlantic Branch.
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.[6] The elevated Rockaway Beach station was closed in 1962 along with the rest of the branch,[1] while the underground Atlantic Branch station was closed and abandoned on January 7, 1977.[4]
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Location | Atlantic Avenue and 100th Street Woodhaven, Queens, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°41′22″N 73°50′39.6″W | |||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Atlantic Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch | |||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 side platforms (2 on each level) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | None | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1881 (Rockaway Beach, elevated)[1][2] 1893/1895 (Atlantic, street-level)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | June 8, 1962 (Rockaway Beach, elevated) January 7, 1977 (Atlantic, underground)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | December 28, 1942 (Atlantic, underground)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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