City Terminal Zone

City Terminal Zone
An M7 near Harold Interlocking within the City Terminal Zone in 2014
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Long Island Rail Road
Locale	Long Island, New York, United States
Termini	Western termini: Atlantic Terminal Hunterspoint Avenue Long Island City Penn Station Grand Central Madison Eastern termini: Woodside (Port Washington Branch) Jamaica (all other lines)
Stations	12 (11 passenger, 1 employees-only) 1 future station
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Long Island Rail Road
Services	City Terminal Zone   Belmont Park Branch   Babylon Branch   Far Rockaway Branch   Hempstead Branch   Long Beach Branch   Montauk Branch   Oyster Bay Branch   Port Jefferson Branch   Port Washington Branch   Ronkonkoma Branch   West Hempstead Branch
Operator	Long Island Rail Road
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 V DC (electrified portions)
Route map Northeast Corridor to Philadelphia / Washington Empire Corridor to Albany–Rensselaer Metro-North Railroad Grand Central Terminal Penn Station Grand Central Madison ​​​​ ​​​​​ East River ​ Long Island City East Side Access ​ Hunterspoint Avenue Atlantic Terminal Northeast Corridor to New Haven / Boston ​​​​​​​ ​ Nostrand Avenue Woodside ​ ​​​​ East New York Port Washington Branch to Port Washington Forest Hills ​​​ Kew Gardens Jamaica ​​​ Atlantic Branch Main Line  Montauk Branch   All other LIRR branches diverge from these main routes

The City Terminal Zone is the set of Long Island Rail Road lines within New York City west of Jamaica station – and the Port Washington Branch west of Woodside station.