Whitestone Branch
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The Whitestone Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road, running north and east along the left bank of the Flushing River from the Port Washington Branch near the modern Willets Point/Flushing sections of Queens, New York. It crossed the river on one of the three bridges that were later torn down for the Van Wyck Expressway, then ran north along Flushing Bay and east along the East River to Whitestone.
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Whitestone Branch | |||
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Overview | |||
Status | Abandoned | ||
Locale | Queens, New York City | ||
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Stations | 5 | ||
Service | |||
Type | Passenger and Freight | ||
Operator(s) | Flushing and North Side Railroad Long Island Rail Road | ||
History | |||
Opened | 1869 (1869) | ||
Closed | February 19, 1932 (1932-02-19) | ||
Technical | |||
Number of tracks | 1ā2 | ||
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) | ||
Electrification | 1912[1] | ||
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