Hillside Facility (LIRR station)
- Hillside Facility (LIRR station)
infobox LIRR station
name=Hillside Facility
(LIRR Employees Only)
acc=
location=Hollis, Queens
line=Main Line (Long Island Rail Road), "Belmont Park Branch (LIRR)","Hempstead Branch (LIRR)", "Oyster Bay Branch (LIRR)", "Port Jefferson Branch (LIRR)", "Ronkonkoma Branch (LIRR)"
opened=1991
electrified=
formerly=
The Hillside Facility is a maintenance facility of the Long Island Rail Road in Hollis, Queens, New York City, United States. It is the first stop along the Main Line of the LIRR east of Jamaica Station. Like the Morris Park Facility west of Jamaica Station, Hillside Facility is for LIRR employees only.
Hillside facility was built starting in 1984 and completely finished in 1991 on the grounds of a section of the Holban Yards. The facility is 30 acres wide, is located near the former Hillside Station, and boasts the ability to maintain 60 cars at a time.
Links
* [http://mta.info/lirr/html/ttn/hillside.htm LIRR station page for Hillside]
*Unofficial LIRR history website
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/sept99/hmf.jpgLIRR Official brochure]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/feb2000/hillfac.jpgImage from four tracks]
*Geolinks-US-buildingscale|40.706389|-73.777778
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