City Terminal Zone


The City Terminal Zone, also known as the City Zone Branch, is a collection of rail lines of the Long Island Rail Road in New York City. Specifically, it includes to all stations that lie in fare zone 1, which is the set of stations west of Jamaica.

Routes

There are three routes that are part of the City Terminal Zone:
The City Terminal Zone formerly included the Lower Montauk Branch from Long Island City to Jamaica until passenger service on that route was discontinued in November 2012. This line formerly included Penny Bridge, Haberman, Fresh Pond, Glendale, and Richmond Hill stations until they were closed in March 1998.
The City Terminal Zone is slated to include a branch to a new station underneath Grand Central Terminal as part of the East Side Access project. A new station in Sunnyside, Queens, is scheduled to be built once the remainder of the project is complete.

Stations

East of, trains continue in Long Island on the Main Line, Atlantic Branch, and Montauk Branch.