Hollis is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line at the intersection of 193rd Street and Woodhull Avenue in the Hollis neighborhood of

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. With a few exceptions, only trains on the

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stop here.

History

The station was originally built as East Jamaica in May 1885 and renamed Hollis in September of the same year. It was rebuilt as part of a grade elimination project in 1915. The station house was destroyed by arson on November 2, 1967 and a new one was built in the early 1990s.

Station layout

This station has two high-level wooden

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s, each four cars long. The two middle tracks, not next to either platform, are used by through trains on the

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, Ronkonkoma, Oyster Bay, and Montauk branches. A fifth track south of the south platform leads to the east end of the Hillside Facility and does not carry passenger service. The station's only entrance is a pedestrian tunnel under the platforms and tracks that has a staircase to each platform and leads to 193rd Street and 99th Avenue on its south end and the dead-end of 193rd Street on its north end. Along the north platform is a pedestrian roadway that leads to 191st Street on its west end and Sagamore Avenue on its east end.

References

External links

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1915 Hollis Station Photo
(TrainsAreFun.com)
99th Avenue and 193rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street ViewPlatforms from Google Maps Street View
{{Authority control Long Island Rail Road stations in New York City Railway stations in Queens, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1885