page_title: Long Beach Branch
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Long Beach Branch / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Long Beach Station In Long Beach NY
context_page_description: The Long Beach Branch is an electrified rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch begins at Valley Interlocking, just east of Valley Stream station, where it merges with the Far Rockaway Branch to continue west as the Atlantic Branch. East from there the Long Beach Branch parallels the Montauk Branch to Lynbrook station, where it turns south toward Long Beach station. Trains operating on the Long Beach Branch continue west of Valley Stream via the Atlantic Branch to Jamaica station, with most continuing on to Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station.
  In 2018, the branch recorded an annual ridership of 4,849,085 based on ticket sales, down 1% from 2017.
caption: The station house at Long Beach, which opened in 1909 and was designed by Kenneth M. Murchison.
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