Hollis station

Hollis
A Hempstead-bound M3's short stay at Hollis station as seen from 99th Avenue
Location 193rd Street and Woodhull Avenue
Hollis, Queens, New York
Coordinates 40°42′37″N 73°46′00″W / 40.7102°N 73.7666°W / 40.7102; -73.7666Coordinates: 40°42′37″N 73°46′00″W / 40.7102°N 73.7666°W / 40.7102; -73.7666
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s) Main Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 5 (1 for yard access)
Connections NYCT Bus: Q2, Q3
MTA Bus: Q110
Construction
Parking No
History
Opened May 1885[1][2]
Rebuilt 1915, 1990s
Electrified 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names East Jamaica (May–September 1885)
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 228[3]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Hempstead Branch
toward Hempstead
Other services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Employee services
(employees only)
Main Line
(Hempstead Branch)
(also Oyster Bay Branch,
Port Jefferson Branch,
and Ronkonkoma Branch)
Former services
Willow Tree   Main Line   Bellaire

Hollis is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line at the intersection of 193rd Street and Woodhull Avenue in Hollis, Queens, New York City, United States. Except for one AM peak Penn Station-bound train from East Williston on the Oyster Bay Branch, only trains to/from the Hempstead Branch stop here.

History and description

The station was originally built as East Jamaica in May 1885 and renamed Hollis in September of the same year. It was rebuilt as part of a grade elimination project in 1915. The station house was destroyed by arson on November 2, 1967 and a new one was built in the early 1990s.

This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long, and made of wood. The north platform, next to Track 3, is generally used by westbound or New York City-bound trains. The south platform, next to Track 4, is generally used by eastbound trains.

The station's only entrance is a pedestrian tunnel under the platforms and tracks that has a staircase to each platform and leads to 193rd Street and 99th Avenue on its south end and the dead-end of 193rd Street on its north end. Along the north platform is a pedestrian roadway that leads to 191st Street on its west end and Sagamore Avenue on its east end.

The Main Line has four tracks here. The two middle tracks, not next to either platform, are used by through trains. A fifth track south of the south platform leads to the east end of the Hillside Facility.

1909 Map of Hollis Station

Station layout

All trains serving the station serve the front cars both directions. An additional track siding south of Platform B does not carry passenger service.

G Ground level Exit/entrance and buses
P
Platform level
Side platform (Platform A), doors will open on the right
Track 3 ← Hempstead Branch toward Long Island City, Atlantic or Penn Station (Jamaica)
← Belmont Park Branch does not stop here
Track 1 ← Port Jefferson Branch, Oyster Bay Branch, Ronkonkoma Branch, Montauk Branch do not stop here
Track 2 Port Jefferson Branch, Oyster Bay Branch, Ronkonkoma Branch, Montauk Branch do not stop here →
Track 4 Hempstead Branch toward Hempstead (Queens Village) →
Belmont Park Branch does not stop here →
Side platform (Platform B), doors will open on the right

References

  1. ↑ Hempstead Branch Stations (Unofficial LIRR history Website)
  2. ↑ Long Island Rail Road Alphabetical Station Listing and History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
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