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{{short description|Long Island Rail Road branch}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name                            = Port Washington Branch
| color                           = {{rcr|LIRR|Port Washington}}
| image                           = File:Plandome Station, Plandome, NY November 23, 2023 M.jpg
| image_width                     = 300
| caption                         = Port Washington Branch train enters the [[Plandome (LIRR station)|Plandome station]].
| type                            = [[Commuter rail]]
| system                          = [[Long Island Rail Road]]
| status                          = Operational
| locale                          = [[Queens]] and [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|USA]]
| start                           = Woodside
| end                             = Port Washington
| stations                        = 13
| routes                          = {{rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Port Washington}}
| daily_ridership                 = 46,808 (average weekday, 2006)
| ridership2                      = 9,928,915 (annual ridership, 2023)<ref name=ridership>{{cite web | title=2023 ANNUAL RIDERSHIP REPORT | website=mta.info | date= | url=https://new.mta.info/document/138216#:~:text=*%20Annual%20ridership%20is%20based%20on,workdays%20in%202023%20and%202022.&text=The%20Long%20Island%20Rail%20Road%20finished%202023%20with%20increased%20ridership,above%202022's%2052.5%20million%20ridership.| access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref>
| open                            = 1854 (as [[Flushing and North Side Railroad|Flushing Railroad]])
| close                           =
| owner                           = [[Long Island Rail Road]]
| operator                        = [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]
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| electrification                 = 750 [[volt|V]] ([[Direct current|DC]]) [[Third rail]]
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The '''Port Washington Branch''' is an [[electrified (rail)|electrified]], mostly double-tracked [[rail line]] and service owned and operated by the [[Long Island Rail Road]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. It branches north from the [[Main Line (LIRR)|Main Line]] at the former [[Winfield Junction (LIRR station)|Winfield Junction]] station, just east of the [[Woodside (LIRR)|Woodside]] station in the [[New York City]] [[Borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[Queens]], and runs roughly parallel to [[Northern Boulevard]] past [[Mets–Willets Point station (LIRR)|Mets-Willets Point]] ([[Citi Field]]), [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], [[Murray Hill, Queens|Murray Hill]], [[Broadway–Flushing, Queens|Broadway]], [[Auburndale, Queens|Auburndale]], [[Bayside, Queens|Bayside]], [[Douglaston, Queens|Douglaston]], [[Little Neck, Queens|Little Neck]], and then crosses into [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] for stops in [[Great Neck Plaza, New York|Great Neck]], [[Manhasset, New York|Manhasset]], and [[Plandome, New York|Plandome]] before terminating at [[Port Washington, New York|Port Washington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/map/22461|title=MTA Railroads Map|location=New York|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=March 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name=timetable/>

The Port Washington Branch is the only LIRR branch to not serve [[Jamaica (LIRR station)|Jamaica]] – a major LIRR transportation hub – as it branches off the Main Line at Winfield Junction, several miles northwest of Jamaica. Thus, passengers seeking to switch to other LIRR services without going into Manhattan must instead transfer at [[Woodside (LIRR)|Woodside]] station.

==Route description==
[[Image:Port Washington Station - Main Street & Haven Avenue.jpg|220px|thumb|left|The Port Washington station from the corner of Main Street and Haven Avenue in [[Port Washington, New York|Port Washington]].]]
[[File:Winfield Junction jeh.jpg|thumb|left|Winfield Junction]]
[[File:Manhasset Valley trestle spruce jeh.jpg|thumb|left|Manhasset Viaduct, viewed from [[List of county routes in Nassau County, New York|East Shore Road]]]]
[[File:Manhasset LIRR viaduct.jpg|thumb|left|Manhasset Viaduct, viewed from below]]

The line has two tracks from Woodside to Great Neck and one track from east of Great Neck past [[Manhasset (LIRR station)|Manhasset]] and [[Plandome (LIRR station)|Plandome]] stations to Port Washington. This often causes slight delays to one train to spread to other trains. A second track cannot be added through Manhasset and Plandome due to the proximity of businesses to the narrow right-of-way in Manhasset, and the fact that the [[Manhasset Viaduct]], which carries the line between Great Neck and Manhasset, has only one track.<ref>[http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/pwbranch2/LIRRmanhassetbridge1.jpg Image of single track across Manhasset Viaduct]</ref>

Most peak-hour trains are either local between Manhattan and [[Great Neck (LIRR station)|Great Neck]] (making all stops) or express between Manhattan and [[Port Washington (LIRR station)|Port Washington]] (making stops only at [[Bayside (LIRR station)|Bayside]], Great Neck, Manhasset, Plandome station, and Port Washington, although a few morning express trains run nonstop between Great Neck and Penn Station).<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://new.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road/lirr-to-grand-central/port-washington |title=Changes to LIRR Port Washington Branch service in 2023 |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=September 18, 2023}}</ref>

Extra service is offered during the [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Open]] tennis tournament and for [[New York Mets]] home games, both of which are held in [[Flushing Meadows-Corona Park|Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]]. These trains primarily pick up and discharge passengers at the [[Mets–Willets Point (LIRR station)|Mets–Willets Point]] station between Woodside and [[Flushing Main Street (LIRR station)|Flushing Main Street]]; formerly a station used exclusively for events, Mets–Willets Point has been open full-time since April 2023.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-long-island-rail-road-announces-around-clock-service-mets-willets-point-beginning |title=MTA Long Island Rail Road Announces Around-the-Clock Service to Mets–Willets Point Beginning Monday, April 24 |date=April 21, 2023 |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=September 18, 2023}}</ref>

The route also runs over the [[Manhasset Viaduct]], a high [[Trestle bridge|train trestle]] over the marshes at the southern end of Manhasset Bay. The bridge stands {{convert|81|ft|m}} tall and runs {{convert|678|ft|m}} across the bay, offering a view of the Manhasset Bay. Scenes from the [[William Randolph Hearst|Hearst]]-produced [[silent film]] serial "[[The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial)|The Perils of Pauline]]" are said to have been shot on the trestle.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sloan |first=Allan King |date=October 2005 |url=http://www.kingbridgeco.com/manhasset_viaduct.htm |title=The Manhasset Viaduct |website=King Bridge Company |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060303154035/http://www.kingbridgeco.com/manhasset_viaduct.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2006}}</ref>

There is only one grade crossing on the Port Washington Branch, located at [[Little Neck Parkway]], at the west end of the [[Little Neck (LIRR station)|Little Neck Station]].

==History==

=== 19th century ===
The Port Washington Branch was built by the [[Flushing Railroad]], in 1854 from [[Hunters Point, Queens|Hunters Point]] in [[Long Island City, NY|Long Island City]] to [[Flushing, NY|Flushing]], before the LIRR opened its line to Long Island City. It was the first non-LIRR line on Long Island. The company was reorganized in 1859 as the [[New York and Flushing Railroad]], and established a subsidiary known as the North Shore Railroad to extend the line from Flushing to [[Great Neck, NY|Great Neck]] in 1866.

Originally intending to run further east to [[Roslyn, NY|Roslyn]], [[Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York|Oyster Bay]], and even [[Huntington (CDP), New York|Huntington]], the NY&F's plans were thwarted by the LIRR who reached those destinations first, as well as poor service and competition with the 1868-established [[Flushing and North Side Railroad]]. In 1869, the [[New York State Legislature]] authorized the Flushing and North Side to buy the New York and Flushing east of the LIRR crossing at [[Winfield Junction (LIRR station)|Winfield Station]], while the segment between Hunters Point and Winfield was acquired by the [[South Side Railroad of Long Island]] until it was abandoned for passenger service east of what was to become the former [[Laurel Hill (LIRR station)|Laurel Hill Station]] in 1875. Part of the right-of-way ran through what is today the [[Mount Zion Cemetery (New York City)|Mount Zion Jewish Cemetery]] in [[Maspeth, Queens|Maspeth]].<ref>[http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/images2/nyfrrbp1.jpg 1924 Long Island Railroad Corporate Blueprint (Arrt's Arrchives)]</ref>

By 1874, all branches of the Flushing and North Side Railroad, including the Main Line to Great Neck were incorporated into the '''Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad''', which included the [[Central Railroad of Long Island]]. Two years later, it would become part of the Long Island Rail Road, which closed the line east of Flushing in 1881 and reopened it a year later as subsidiary known as the [[Long Island City and Flushing Railroad]]. The LIC&F was merged with the LIRR on April 2, 1889.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rnetzlof.pennsyrr.com/corphist/lirr.html|title=Corporate Succession Long Island Railroad|work=pennsyrr.com}}</ref>

Despite a failed attempt to extend the line from Great Neck to [[Roslyn (LIRR station)|Roslyn]] in 1882, wealthy [[Port Washington, NY|Port Washington]] residents persuaded the LIRR to bring the terminus to their hometown in 1895.<!--The route terminated in Great Neck until the building of a train trestle over the marshes at the southern end of Manhasset Bay.--> This required the construction of the [[Manhasset Viaduct]] over the marshes at the southern end of Manhasset Bay, which was authorized by an LIRR subsidiary called the [[Great Neck and Port Washington Railroad]] (GN&PW).<ref>{{HAER |survey=NY-81 |id=ny1211 |title=Long Island Railroad, Manhasset Bridge, Manhasset Shore Road Vicinity, Flower Hill, Nassau County, NY |photos=1 |data=1 |cap=1}}</ref> According to Manhasset's website, "in 1897, a contract was given to the [[Carnegie Steel Company]] and a subsidiary, the King Iron Company, undertook the job of constructing the bridge." The trestle bridge cost about $60,000, and the first train to cross it was on June 23, 1898. The GN&PW was disestablished as a subsidiary in 1902, and that segment simply became part of the Port Washington Branch.

=== 20th century ===
Two other early 20th-century stations built on the Port Washington Branch were in [[Auburndale, Queens|Auburndale]] (1901) and [[Plandome, New York|Plandome]] (1909). The branch was electrified from the main line to [[Winfield Junction (LIRR station)|Winfield Junction]] by June 23, 1910, to Whitestone Junction onto the [[Whitestone Branch]] to Whitestone Landing Station by October 22, 1912, and to its terminus in Port Washington by October 21, 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/branchnotes.htm|title=LIRR Branch Notes|work=trainsarefun.com}}</ref> In 1910, the Public Service Commission approved the LIRR's application to eliminate grade crossings along the line. These projects were prerequisites for the extension of the line's second track to Great Neck and Whitestone and the electrification of the line.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112089483272;view=1up;seq=173|title=The Long Island Railroad Twenty-Ninth Annual Report For The Year Ending December 31st, 1910|journal=Report of ..., Trustee&#91;S&#93; of the Property of the Debtor, for the Year Ended ...1949–1953 |publisher=Long Island Railroad Company|year=1911}}</ref>{{Rp|21–22}}

Grade crossing elimination projects took place during the 1910s and 1920s in Queens and Nassau County. These grade elimination projects included unique station reconstruction in places such as [[Murray Hill (LIRR station)|Murray Hill]] which had a station house built ''over'' the tracks and [[Great Neck (LIRR station)|Great Neck]] which had an elaborate plaza built around it. In 1929, the station at Winfield Junction was eliminated, making [[Woodside (LIRR station)|Woodside Station]] the transfer point between Main Line and Port Washington Branch trains.

Despite the elimination of the [[Whitestone Branch]] in 1932, as well as Flushing Bridge Street station, Flushing station kept the name "[[Flushing Main Street (LIRR station)|Flushing-Main Street Station]]." A new station was built just in time for the [[1939 New York World's Fair]] then reused for the [[United Nations]], and then the [[1964 New York World's Fair]] and simultaneously [[Shea Stadium]], for which it would be renamed in 1966. This was the last station to be built on the line. By 1985, when Elmhurst station closed, Shea Stadium station would also become the westernmost station on the Port Washington Branch before the junction with the Main Line.

In January 1987, the station building at the Plandome station was burned to the ground by vandals.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|date=January 4, 1987|title=Fire Guts Historic Station|work=[[Newsday]]|id={{ProQuest|285440103}}}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Port Washington Branch|url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/portwashington/portwashington.htm|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=www.trainsarefun.com}}</ref> Following the fire, the station building was rebuilt as a more modern version of the original.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|date=February 26, 1988|title=After Fire, Plandome, LIRR Still Haggling|work=[[Newsday]]|id={{ProQuest|277892413}}}}</ref>

=== 21st century ===
In conjunction with the [[East Side Access]] project, the MTA proposed two readiness projects that they said will increase capacity on the Port Washington Branch. The first was the extension of a pocket track east of [[Great Neck station|Great Neck]] station, located between the station and where the line becomes single-tracked. The pocket track was extended eastward by {{convert|1,200|ft|m}} to allow for storage of a second trainset, in addition to the one that the original pocket track could store. The construction of the pocket track was originally scheduled for completion in December 2018 at a total cost of $45.2&nbsp;million.<ref name="Nov 2017">{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/archive/140623_1345_CPOC.pdf#page=35 |title=MTA Long Island Rail Road Committee Meeting |date=November 2017 |access-date=May 24, 2018 |work=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]] |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |page=35 |archive-date=February 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205130002/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/archive/140623_1345_CPOC.pdf#page=35 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the completion date was pushed back several times;<ref name="Nov 2020">{{cite report |url=https://new.mta.info/document/23951 |title=Joint Metro-North and Long Island Committees Meeting |date=November 2020 |website=mta.info |access-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013091935/https://new.mta.info/document/23951 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|60}}<ref name="Nov 2021">{{cite report |url=https://new.mta.info/document/64116 |title=Joint Metro-North and Long Island Committees Meeting |date=November 2021 |website=mta.info |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707000115/https://new.mta.info/document/64116 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|59}} construction of the extended pocket track would ultimately be completed in December 2022.<ref name=patch1222>{{cite news |url=https://patch.com/new-york/greatneck/mta-finishes-great-neck-pocket-track-advance-grand-central-open |title=MTA Finishes Great Neck Pocket Track In Advance Of Grand Central Open |work=Patch |location=Great Neck, NY |date=December 6, 2022 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |last=Sweet |first=Jacqueline}}</ref> Alongside this project, a new bridge was built at Colonial Road near Great Neck station; it opened in May 2016 and replaced a 114-year-old span.<ref name="Great Neck Record">{{cite web|title=MTA Announces Second Pocket Track Proposed for LIRR in Great Neck|url=https://antonnews.com/greatneckrecord/news/11688-mta-announces-second-pocket-track-proposed-for-lirr-in-great-neck.html|publisher=Great Neck Record |last=Kreitzman |first=Wendy Karpel |date=November 19, 2010|access-date=May 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209021339/https://antonnews.com/greatneckrecord/news/11688-mta-announces-second-pocket-track-proposed-for-lirr-in-great-neck.html|archive-date=December 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MTA LIRR Proposed Colonial Road Improvement Project|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=658cb1gQ9lU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/658cb1gQ9lU |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |url-status=live|publisher=MTA Long Island Rail Road|access-date=November 18, 2011|date=March 23, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/lirr/colonialroad/infocenter.htm|title=MTA LIRR – Colonial Road Improvement Project|website=web.mta.info|access-date=October 23, 2016|archive-date=October 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024024901/http://web.mta.info/lirr/colonialroad/infocenter.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LIRR Opens Info Center at Great Neck Station for Proposed Colonial Road Improvement Project |url=http://www.mta.info/mta/news/releases/?agency=lirr&en=110328-LIRR27 |publisher=MTA Long Island Rail Road |access-date=November 18, 2011 |last1=Zambuto |first1=Sam |last2=Arena |first2=Salvatore |date=March 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105114143/http://mta.info/mta/news/releases/?agency=lirr&en=110328-LIRR27 |archive-date=November 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://greatneckrecord.com/the-completion-of-colonial-road-bridge/ |title=The Completion of Colonial Road Bridge |date=July 23, 2016 |publisher=Great Neck Record |access-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-date=October 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017162727/https://greatneckrecord.com/the-completion-of-colonial-road-bridge/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The second of the two readiness projects is the expansion of Port Washington Yard, next to Port Washington station. {{As of|2017}}, construction was scheduled to begin in late 2020 or early 2021 at a cost of $500,000.<ref name="Nov 2017"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capitaldashboard/allframenew_head.html?PROJNUM=l60601yl&PLTYPE=1|title=L60601YL Port Washington Yard Reconfiguration|website=web.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=September 3, 2017|archive-date=September 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903211912/http://web.mta.info/capitaldashboard/allframenew_head.html?PROJNUM=l60601yl&PLTYPE=1|url-status=live}}</ref> However, this project met significant community opposition, primarily because of proposed reduction of parking spaces near the station.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/lirr-lots-overwhelmed-by-parking-demands-t43738 |title=Outta space: Few places to park at LIRR lots |last=Castillo |first=Alfonso A. |date=November 29, 2015 |work=Newsday |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615153453/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/lirr-lots-overwhelmed-by-parking-demands-t43738 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|September 2022}}, the MTA has not come to an agreement with the [[Town of North Hempstead]],<ref name="Nov 2020"/>{{rp|65}} resulting in the project being postponed indefinitely.<ref name=senate092822>{{cite web |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/2022/anna-m-kaplan/important-lirr-commuter-update-express-trains-have-been-saved |title=Important LIRR Commuter Update: Express Trains Have Been Saved |website=nysenate.gov |last=Kaplan |first=Anna M. |author-link=Anna Kaplan |date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=October 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Nov 2021" />{{rp|61}} 

On July 9, 2024, the sides agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which the LIRR would study expanding the yard. At the North Hempstead Town Hall meeting that evening (where the MOU was unanimously approved), Assemblywoman Mariann Dalimonte stated in response to a question from a member of the public that she and Supervisor DeSena had expressed the concern as to whether or not there would be any service improvements from this project to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the LIRR. Dalimonte said they asked the MTA to ensure that services would be expanded if the project is completed, but the MTA said they could not guarantee it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theisland360.com/featured/north-hempstead-enters-to-conduct-study-on-additional-port-washington-lirr-track/|work=The Island 360|first=Cameryn|last=Oakes|title=North Hempstead enters agreement to conduct study on additional Port Washington LIRR track - Featured |date=July 10, 2024|access-date=July 31, 2024}}</ref>

==Stations==
West of {{lirrs|Woodside}}, all trips go on to terminate at {{lirrs|Penn Station}} or [[Grand Central Madison|Grand Central]].<ref name=timetable>{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/85031|title=LIRR Port Washington Branch Timetable|location=New York|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=May 23, 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Zone<ref name=zone>{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/lirr/about/TicketInfo/Fares.htm |title=New Fares — Effective April 21, 2019 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
!Location
!Station name
![[Railway milepost|Miles (km)]]<br />from [[Long Island City station|Long Island City]]<ref name="ett-20120514" />
!Date<br>opened
!Date<br>closed
!Connections and notes
|-
|rowspan=7|1
|[[Woodside, Queens]]
|{{lirrs|Woodside}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|3.1|mi|abbr=values}}
|1869<ref name="Seyfried">[[Vincent F. Seyfried]], [[s:The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part Two: The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad|The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part Two: The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad]], © 1963</ref>
|
|[[Long Island Rail Road]]: [[City Terminal Zone]]<br>[[New York City Subway]]: {{NYCS Flushing}} (at {{stl|NYCS|61st Street–Woodside}})<br>[[New York City Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Q32}}<br>[[MTA Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Q18|Q53 SBS|Q70 SBS}}
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|[[Maspeth, Queens]]
|{{lirrs|Winfield Junction}}
|
|1854
|1929
|<!--Opened July 1854 on southeast corner of 50th Avenue and 69th Street; moved to the junction in August 1876 to also serve the [[Main Line (LIRR)|Main Line]] but the F&NS main line was moved before then; closed 1929-->
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|[[Elmhurst, Queens]]
|{{lirrs|Elmhurst}}
|
|1855
|1985
|Originally named Newtown
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Corona, Queens]]
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|{{lirrs|Corona}}
|
|1853
|1964
|Originally named Fashion Race Course, then West Flushing
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|{{lirrs|West Flushing}}
|
|1854
|
|
|-
|{{lirrs|Mets–Willets Point}}
|{{convert|6.7|mi|abbr=values}}
|1939
|
|New York City Subway: {{NYCS Flushing}} (at {{stl|NYCS|Mets–Willets Point}})<br>New York City Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q90}}<br>Originally named World's Fair, then United Nations, then World's Fair again, then [[Shea Stadium]].
|-
|rowspan=7|3
|rowspan=3|[[Flushing, Queens]]
|{{lirrs|Flushing–Main Street}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|7.5|mi|abbr=values}}
|1854<ref name=Seyfried/>
|
|New York City Subway: {{NYCS Flushing}} (at {{stl|NYCS|Flushing–Main Street}})<br>New York City Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q12|Q13|Q15|Q16|Q17|Q20|Q27|Q44 SBS|Q58|Q61|Q90|Q98}}<br>MTA Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q19|Q25|Q26|Q28|Q50|Q63|Q65|Q66}}<br>[[Nassau Inter-County Express]]: {{LI bus link|n20G}}, n20x<br>Originally named Flushing
|-
|{{lirrs|Murray Hill}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|8.4|mi|abbr=values}}
|1889
|
|New York City Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q12|Q15}}<br>Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n20G}}, n20x
|-
|{{lirrs|Broadway}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|9.2|mi|abbr=values}}
|1866<ref name=Seyfried/>
|
|New York City Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q12|Q13|Q28}}<br>Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n20G}}, n20x<br>Originally named Flushing–Broadway
|-
|[[Auburndale, Queens]]
|{{lirrs|Auburndale}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|9.9|mi|abbr=values}}
|1901
|
|New York City Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q12|Q13|Q28|Q76}}<br>Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n20G}}, n20x
|-
|[[Bayside, Queens]]
|{{lirrs|Bayside}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|10.8|mi|abbr=values}}
|1886<ref name=Seyfried/>
|
|New York City Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q12|Q13|Q31}}<br>Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n20G}}, n20x<br>Originally named Bay Side
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Douglaston–Little Neck, Queens]]
|{{lirrs|Douglaston}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|12.1|mi|abbr=values}}
|1866<ref name=Seyfried/>
|
|New York City Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q12}}<br>Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n20G}}, n20x<br>Originally named Little Neck
|-
|{{lirrs|Little Neck}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|12.7|mi|abbr=values}}
|1870<ref name=Seyfried/>
|
|New York City Bus: {{NYC bus link|Q12|Q36}}<br>Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n20G}}, n20x
|-
|rowspan=4|4
|[[Great Neck Plaza, New York|Great Neck Plaza]]
|{{lirrs|Great Neck}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|13.8|mi|abbr=values}}
|1866<ref name=Seyfried/>
|
|Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n20G|n20H|n21|n25|n26|n57|n58}}<br>Originally named Brookdale
|-
|[[Manhasset, New York|Manhasset]]
|{{lirrs|Manhasset}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|15.4|mi|abbr=values}}
|1899
|
|Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n20H|n21}}, n20x
|-
|[[Plandome, New York|Plandome]]
|{{lirrs|Plandome}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|16.5|mi|abbr=values}}
|1909
|
|
|-
|[[Port Washington, New York|Port Washington]]
|{{lirrs|Port Washington}} {{LIRR acc}}
|{{convert|18.1|mi|abbr=values}}
|1898
|
|Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n23}}
|}

==References==
{{wikisource|The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part Two: The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad}}
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==External links==
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{{Commons and category-inline|Port Washington Branch|Port Washington Branch (Long Island Rail Road)}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060215202627/http://www.lirr.org/lirr/ MTA Long Island Rail Road]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000417065426/http://www.lirrhistory.com/pwstas.html Port Washington Branch Stations]}} (Bob Andersen's Unofficial LIRR History Website)
* [http://world.nycsubway.org/us/lirr/lirr-portwash.html NYCSubway.org: Port Washington Branch]
* Forgotten New York:
** [http://forgotten-ny.com/2002/05/port-washington-branch-part-1-winfield-elmhurst-to-broadway/ Pride in Port (The Jekyll & Hyde Branch of the Long Island Railroad: Part One)]
** [http://forgotten-ny.com/2002/05/port-washington-branch-part-2-auburndale-to-port-washington/ Pride in Port (The Jekyll & Hyde Branch of the Long Island Railroad: Part Two)]
* [http://thelirrtoday.blogspot.com/search/label/Port%20Washington%20Branch Port Washington Branch (The LIRR Today)]

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