CENTRAL BRANCH (LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD)

The 'Central Branch' is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It connects the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch service) at Beth Interlocking southeast of the Bethpage station with the Montauk Branch (Babylon Branch service) at Belmont Junction west of the Babylon station, allowing several Montauk Branch trains that begin or end east of Babylon to use the Main Line from Bethpage to Jamaica. The branch is colored as part of the Ronkonkoma Branch on LIRR maps,^[1] but these trains are shown on Babylon and Montauk Branch timetables.^[2][3]
Only one station existed along this branch; South Farmingdale Station.^[4] A sheltered platform existed there as recently as 1974^[5], when the station was discontinued. The Garden City-Mitchel Field Secondary is a remnant of the Central Branch from Garden City to Mitchel Field, and is presently used for trains leading to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

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1. MTA LIRR - LIRR Map
2. LIRR Babylon Branch Timetable
3. LIRR Montauk Branch Timetable
4. Abandoned Stations (LIRR Unofficial History Website)
5. South Farmingdale Station Shelter (1963 Photo by Dave Keller)

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★ Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road(The Stewart Line) (Arrt's Arrchives)