Hollis station

Hollis is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line at the intersection of 193rd Street and Woodhull Avenue in the Hollis neighborhood of Queens, New York City. 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.

Hollis
A Hempstead-bound M3's short stay at Hollis station as seen from 99th Avenue
Location193rd Street and Woodhull Avenue
Hollis, Queens, New York
Coordinates40.7102°N 73.7666°W / 40.7102; -73.7666
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks5 (1 for yard access)
Connections NYCT Bus: Q2, Q3
MTA Bus: Q110
Construction
ParkingNo
History
OpenedMay 1885[1][2]
Rebuilt1915, 1990s
Electrified750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesEast Jamaica (May–September 1885)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)228[3]
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station
Jamaica
towards Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station
 Hempstead Branch Queens Village
towards Hempstead
Hillside Facility
towards Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station
 Hempstead Branch
employee service
     Port Jefferson Branch does not stop here
     Ronkonkoma Branch does not stop here
     Oyster Bay Branch does not stop here
     Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services
Willow Tree   Main Line   Bellaire

History
1909 Map of Hollis Station

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.



Station layout

This station has two high-level wooden side platforms, each four cars long. The two middle tracks, not next to either platform, are used by through trains on the Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma, Oyster Bay, and Montauk branches. A fifth track south of the south platform leads to the east end of the Hillside Facility and does not carry passenger service.

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.

P
Platform level		 Platform A, side platform
Track 3 ←      Hempstead Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Hillside Facility or Jamaica)
Track 1 ←      Main Line services do not stop here →
Track 2 ←      Main Line services do not stop here →
Track 4 ←      Hempstead Branch toward Hempstead (Queens Village) →
Platform B, side platform
G Ground level Exit/entrance and buses

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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