City Terminal Zone

[v · Legend NEC (NJ Transit, Amtrak) Penn Station East River Tunnels Long Island City Grand Central Terminal 63rd Street Tunnel Hunterspoint Avenue Atlantic Terminal Woodside Nostrand Ave Port Washington Branch East New York Forest Hills Kew Gardens Jamaica Atlantic Branch Main Line Montauk Branch All other LIRR branches diverge from these 3 main routes.

The City Terminal Zone is the name given to a collection of rail lines of the Long Island Rail Road in New York City. Specifically, it refers to all stations that lie in fare zone 1 (except for Mets–Willets Point on the Port Washington Branch), which is the set of stations west of Jamaica.

Stations

Routes1					Station	Connections/notes
ML		HP	MT	AT
NYP	GCT
					Pennsylvania Station	Subway: 1 2 3 trains at 34th Street – Penn Station (Seventh Avenue), A C E trains at 34th Street – Penn Station (Eighth Avenue) Bus: M4, M7, M20, M34 / M34A Select Bus Service, Q32 New Jersey Transit Amtrak PATH
					Grand Central Terminal (under construction)	Subway: 4 5 6 <6> 7 <7> S trains at Grand Central – 42nd Street Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M42, M101, M102, M103 Metro-North
					Long Island City	Subway: 7 <7> trains at Vernon Boulevard – Jackson Avenue Bus: Q103 NY Waterway
					Hunterspoint Avenue	Subway: 7 <7> trains at Hunters Point Avenue Bus: B62, Q67
					Sunnyside (under construction)	Subway: E M R trains at Queens Plaza, 7 train at 33rd Street – Rawson Street Bus: B62, Q32, Q39, Q60, Q67, Q100, Q101, Q102
					Woodside	Subway: 7 <7> trains at Woodside – 61st Street Bus: Q18, Q32, Q53
					Forest Hills	Subway: E F M R trains at Forest Hills – 71st Avenue Bus: Q23, Q60, Q64
					Kew Gardens	Subway: E F trains at Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike Bus: Q10, Q37, QM18
					Atlantic Terminal	Subway: 2 3 4 5 B D N Q R trains at Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street Bus: B41, B45, B63, B65, B67
					Nostrand Avenue	Subway: A C trains at Nostrand Avenue Bus: B25, B44, B65
					East New York	Subway: L trains at Atlantic Avenue, A C J Z trains at Broadway Junction Bus: B12, B20, B25, B83, Q24, Q56
					Boland's Landing	Employees only
					Jamaica	Subway: E J Z trains at Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport Bus: Q6, Q8, Q9, Q20A, Q20B, Q24, Q25, Q30, Q31, Q34, Q40, Q41, Q43, Q44, Q60, Q65 AirTrain JFK
Trains continue to Long Island on the Main Line (Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma Branches) the Atlantic Branch (Far Rockaway and Long Beach Branches) and the Montauk Branch (Babylon, Montauk and West Hempstead Branches)

Routes

Eastbound from Long Island City

^1 There are four routes that are considered part of the City Terminal Zone:

• ML = Main Line
  • NYP = trains to Penn Station
  • GCT = trains to Grand Central Terminal
• HP = Hunterspoint Avenue - This route (part of the Main Line) is served only during weekday rush hours in the peak direction (to Long Island City in the morning, from Long Island City in the afternoon). Most trains on this route terminate/originate at Hunterspoint Avenue. Hunterspoint Avenue and the track east of it is considered Main Line territory.
• MT = Montauk Branch - There is only one westbound AM rush hour train that uses this route west of Jamaica. No eastbound passenger service.
• AT = Atlantic Branch