Hillside (LIRR station)

infobox LIRR station
name=Hillside
location=Hillside, Queens
line=Main Line and Montauk Branch
opened=June 24, 1890
closed=July 1, 1966
electrified=August 29, 1905
formerly=Rockaway Junction

Hillside, earlier Rockaway Junction, was a junction and station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Montauk Branch in Hillside, Queens, New York City, United States. It was located at the place where the Montauk Branch now crosses over the two eastbound passenger tracks and the two freight tracks of the Main Line, just west of the Hillside Facility.

History

The junction was formed in 1871, when the LIRR's Rockaway Branch (now the Montauk Branch) was built south from the Main Line.Fact|date=February 2007 It was not a station until June 24, 1890, when the local Atlantic Avenue rapid transit trains were extended from Woodhaven Junction through Jamaica to Rockaway Junction, their new terminal. (The Canal Street station opened at the same time.)cite BDE|title=Rapid Transit Extension|md=June 24|y=1890|page=1] By 1897, these local trains continued along the Main Line to Hempstead or the Montauk Division to Valley Stream. [cite BDE|title=Long Island Railroad's Summer Schedule|md=May 30|y=1897|page=9]

Electric service to Rockaway Junction began on August 29, 1905. [ [http://arrts-arrchives.com/aug301905.html Arrt's Arrchives: August 30, 1905] ] At some point, it was renamed Hillside.Fact|date=February 2007 The junction was eliminated around 1930, when the Montauk Branch was elevated, and the station closed on July 1, 1966.Fact|date=February 2007

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