Woodside station (LIRR)

Woodside
Looking east from Platform A.
General information
Location	61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue Woodside, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°44′46″N 73°54′12″W / 40.746072°N 73.903201°W / 40.746072; -73.903201
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Main Line Port Washington Branch
Distance	3.1 mi (5.0 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms 1 island platform
Tracks	6
Connections	New York City Subway ​ at 61st Street–Woodside NYCT Bus: Q32 MTA Bus: Q18, Q53 SBS, Q70 SBS to LGA
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Urbahn Architects
Other information
Station code	WDD
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	November 15, 1869; 155 years ago (1869-11-15) (F&NS)[2]
Closed	1914; 111 years ago (1914)
Rebuilt	1915; 110 years ago (1915), 1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Electrified	June 16, 1910; 114 years ago (1910-06-16) 750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2012—2014	7,172[3]
Rank	15 of 126
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Penn Station or Grand Central Terminus Port Washington Branch Mets–Willets Point toward Port Washington Hempstead Branch Peak periods only Forest Hills toward Hempstead Port Jefferson Branch Kew Gardens toward Huntington or Port Jefferson Ronkonkoma Branch Forest Hills toward Ronkonkoma Far Rockaway Branch Forest Hills toward Far Rockaway Babylon Branch Forest Hills toward Babylon West Hempstead Branch Peak periods only Forest Hills toward West Hempstead Long Beach Branch Forest Hills toward Long Beach Belmont Park Branch special events Jamaica toward Belmont Park      Oyster Bay Branch does not stop here      Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Hunterspoint Avenue toward Long Island City Main Line Winfield Junction toward Greenport Penn Station Terminus Terminus Rockaway Beach Division after 1925 Rego Park toward Gibson or Rockaway Park
Legend to Penn Station to Grand Central Madison to Hunterspoint Avenue to Mets–Willets Point to Forest Hills
Location

The Woodside station is a station on the Main Line and Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), located in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It is the first station passed by eastward trains from Penn Station and Grand Central Madison, and it is the only station in Queens shared by the Port Washington Branch and other LIRR branches. East of Woodside the two-track Port Washington Branch turns northeastward, while the four-track Main Line continues southeast to Jamaica station.

Woodside has six tracks and three platforms. The four southernmost tracks passing through the station are the Main Line tracks; the two center tracks on the Main Line are through (express) tracks and do not have platform faces at Woodside. The two northernmost tracks are the Port Washington branch tracks, both of which have platforms. West of the station, at Harold Interlocking, the line merges with Amtrak's Hell Gate Bridge access tracks (part of the Northeast Corridor) before entering the East River Tunnels or 63rd Street Tunnel to Manhattan, or taking the Main Line to Hunterspoint Avenue. The 61st Street–Woodside station of the IRT Flushing Line (served by the 7 and <7>​ trains) is above Woodside station, on a viaduct high above Roosevelt Avenue. At street level, the Q70 SBS bus provides limited-stop service to LaGuardia Airport. The station is ADA-accessible via elevators and ramps.