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CENTRAL   RAIL   ROAD   OF   LONG   ISLAND
THE    STEWART    LINE
CENTRAL  RAIL  ROAD  EXTENSION  COMPANY  OF  LONG  ISLAND


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 1873 SHOWS THE C.R.R.L.I. FROM BETHPAGE JUNCTION TO BABYLON DOCK.


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




FLUSHING   &   NORTH   SIDE   -   CENTRAL   RAIL   ROAD   OF   LONG   ISLAND
TIMETABLE   FROM   LONG   ISLAND   TIMES   OF   JUNE   4,   1874


THE     DESTINATIONS

 

below from Vincent F. Seyfried's THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD Part Two



continued   on   STEWART   LINE   PART   TWO ---->

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