Hollis station

Hollis
A Hempstead-bound M3's short stay at Hollis station as seen from 99th Avenue
General information
Location	193rd Street and Woodhull Avenue Hollis, Queens, New York
Coordinates	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
Rebuilt	1915, 1990s
Electrified	750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	East Jamaica (May–September 1885)
Passengers
2006	228
Services
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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.

History and description

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.

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.

Station layout

All trains serving the station platform the front four cars in 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

External links

• Media related to Hollis (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Hollis – LIRR
• Hollis LIRR timetable
• 1915 Hollis Station Photo (TrainsAreFun.com)
• HOLLIS Interlocking (The LIRR Today)
• 99th Avenue and 193rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View