It continued to operate through trains to Far Rockaway, as well as trains between Long Beach and Rockaway Beach.

In order to support the extra traffic, the LIRR agreed to double-track the Montauk Division west of Richmond Hill and the Atlantic Division west of Woodhaven Junction.Īfter a delay caused by financial problems, the line opened on August 26, 1880, and the LIRR stopped running trains from its New York terminals to Rockaway Beach via Valley Stream and its Far Rockaway Branch. The plans were later changed (on Ma) to build a 4 ft 8 + 1⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge line from Hunter's Point rather than Greenpoint.Īn agreement was made with the Long Island Rail Road in 1880 to operate over its Montauk Division to Bushwick and Hunter's Point (via trackage rights from Glendale Junction) and Atlantic Division to Flatbush Avenue (carried by LIRR locomotives from Woodhaven Junction). The new route would take 30 minutes, while the existing route to the Rockaway via the South Side Railroad would take an hour and a half. This route was created in order to cut an hour off of travel times to the Rockaways.

The New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad was incorporated on Ma and organized on March 24 to build a 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm) narrow gauge line from Greenpoint, Brooklyn (connecting with the New York and Manhattan Beach Railway) via Cypress Hills and Woodhaven to Rockaway Beach. Map of the New York and Rockaway Beach Railroad

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