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ARRT'S ARRCHIVES |
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD EXTENSION COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND |
REVISED MAY 24, 2002 and FEBRUARY 3, 2006
| THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND WAS BUILT BY ALEXANDER T. STEWART TO PROVIDE PASSENGER SERVICE TO GARDEN CITY AND ACCESS TO THE BRICK YARD AT BETHPAGE.   THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD EXTENSION WAS BUILT TO TAP THE FIRE ISLAND TOURIST TRADE AND PROVIDE SERVICE TO BRESLAU AND BABYLON. BOTH LINES WERE OPERATED BY AND AS PART OF THE FLUSHING AND NORTH SIDE RAIL ROAD.  UNDER LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD OPERATION THE LINES WERE AT FIRST OPERATED INDEPENDENTLY. AFTER CONSOLIDATION THE C.R.R.L.I. BETWEEN FLORAL PARK AND BABYLON BECAME THE CENTRAL EXTENSION. IN 1925 THE LINE BETWEEN BETHPAGE JUNCTION AND BABYLON WAS REBUILT AND RENAMED THE CENTRAL BRANCH |
1871 PROPOSED ROUTE OF CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND RUNNING
ADJACENT TO AND JUST SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. INTO FARMINGDALE VILLAGE
THIS MAP FROM 1876-1879 SHOWS THE C.R.R.L.I. EXCEPT
FOR THE LINE FROM BELMONT JUNCTION TO BABYLON HARBOR.
ADJACENT TO AND JUST SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. INTO FARMINGDALE VILLAGE
THIS MAP FROM 1876-1879 SHOWS THE C.R.R.L.I. EXCEPT
FOR THE LINE FROM BELMONT JUNCTION TO BABYLON HARBOR.
from 1873 Atlas - FLUSHING - RAIL CENTER
"THE PASSENGER COACHES ARE OF ELEGANT AND TASTY DESIGN."
HINSDALE STATION ................................CREEDMOOR - NATIONAL RIFLE RANGE
actual photo of HINSDALE STATION
FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
TIMETABLE OF DECEMBER 4, 1873 copy courtesy of SETH BRAMSON
below from Vincent F. Seyfried's THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD Part Two
"THE PASSENGER COACHES ARE OF ELEGANT AND TASTY DESIGN."
HINSDALE STATION ................................CREEDMOOR - NATIONAL RIFLE RANGE
actual photo of HINSDALE STATION
FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
TIMETABLE OF DECEMBER 4, 1873 copy courtesy of SETH BRAMSON
| THE DESTINATIONS |
below from Vincent F. Seyfried's THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD Part Two
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FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND TIMETABLE FROM
NOVEMBER 12, 1874 LONG ISLAND TIMES SHOWS ONE DAILY ROUND TRIP TO BETHPAGE.
JUNE 4, 1874 ISSUE DOES NOT.
NOVEMBER 12, 1874 LONG ISLAND TIMES SHOWS ONE DAILY ROUND TRIP TO BETHPAGE.
JUNE 4, 1874 ISSUE DOES NOT.
1877 LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD PUBLIC TIMETABLE
PATCHOGUE TRAINS RUNNING VIA STEWART LINE TO LONG ISLAND CITY AND CONNECTING
AT BETHPAGE JUNCTION WITH GREENPORT TO EAST NEW YORK TRAINS VIA MAIN LINE.
ONE DAILY ROUND TRIP TO BETHPAGE
MARCH 1879 PUBLIC TIMETABLE SHOWS TRAINS TERMINATING AT BETHPAGE
WHERE THERE WERE AN ENGINEHOUSE AND TURNTABLE, AND STOPPING AT
FARMINGDALE WHICH REQUIRED A REVERSE MOVE AT BETHPAGE JUNCTION.
MAY 5, 1879 SPECIAL TIMETABLE 11-G.
SEPTEMBER 1879 EMPLOYE TIMETABLE NUMBER 13 and JULY, 1880 EMPLOYE TIMETABLE NUMBER 15
BOTH SHOW GREENPORT, LAKELAND AND PATCHOGUE TRAINS USING STEWART LINE.
1880 TABLE SHOWS "DERRY NANE" PASSING SIDING, PERHAPS LATER "MAYWOOD SIDING".
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD EMPLOYE TIMETABLE NUMBER ONE, 1896.
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER FOUR, 1897
NO TRAINS RUNNING VIA ISLAND TREES AND MEADOW BROOK.
continued on CENTRAL PAGE TWO ----> GREAT NECK JUNCTION and FLUSHING BRANCH
continued on CENTRAL PAGES THREE AND FOUR ----> FLUSHING TO CREEDMOOR
go to ----> CENTRAL PAGE FIVE - CREEDMOOR
go to ----> CENTRAL PAGE SIX - CREEDMOOR TO EAST HINSDALE
go to ----> CENTRAL PAGE SEVEN - EAST HINSDALE - FLORAL PARK
continued on ----> BETHPAGE JUNCTION
continued on ----> CAMP BLACK - W.W.I
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PATCHOGUE TRAINS RUNNING VIA STEWART LINE TO LONG ISLAND CITY AND CONNECTING
AT BETHPAGE JUNCTION WITH GREENPORT TO EAST NEW YORK TRAINS VIA MAIN LINE.
ONE DAILY ROUND TRIP TO BETHPAGE
MARCH 1879 PUBLIC TIMETABLE SHOWS TRAINS TERMINATING AT BETHPAGE
WHERE THERE WERE AN ENGINEHOUSE AND TURNTABLE, AND STOPPING AT
FARMINGDALE WHICH REQUIRED A REVERSE MOVE AT BETHPAGE JUNCTION.
MAY 5, 1879 SPECIAL TIMETABLE 11-G.
SEPTEMBER 1879 EMPLOYE TIMETABLE NUMBER 13 and JULY, 1880 EMPLOYE TIMETABLE NUMBER 15
BOTH SHOW GREENPORT, LAKELAND AND PATCHOGUE TRAINS USING STEWART LINE.
1880 TABLE SHOWS "DERRY NANE" PASSING SIDING, PERHAPS LATER "MAYWOOD SIDING".
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD EMPLOYE TIMETABLE NUMBER ONE, 1896.
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER FOUR, 1897
NO TRAINS RUNNING VIA ISLAND TREES AND MEADOW BROOK.
continued on CENTRAL PAGE TWO ----> GREAT NECK JUNCTION and FLUSHING BRANCH
continued on CENTRAL PAGES THREE AND FOUR ----> FLUSHING TO CREEDMOOR
go to ----> CENTRAL PAGE FIVE - CREEDMOOR
go to ----> CENTRAL PAGE SIX - CREEDMOOR TO EAST HINSDALE
go to ----> CENTRAL PAGE SEVEN - EAST HINSDALE - FLORAL PARK
continued on ----> BETHPAGE JUNCTION
continued on ----> CAMP BLACK - W.W.I
go to ----> SHUTTLE SERVICE
go to ----> W.W.II TO PRESENT
go to ----> 1908 A.C. ELECTRIFICATION
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