By Peggy Darlington

East refers to trains to Port Washington while West refers to trains to New York

We will begin at Shea Stadium which has one open island platform and two tracks. There are three other island platforms to the south of the open platform the southernmost being removed. This station is very overbuilt due to enhanced service which ran for the 1964-1965 Word's Fair in nearby Flushing Meadows- Corona Park. The special trains ended their run at this station.

Next up is Flushing Main Street  with two wall platforms and two tracks. The station is elevated and has stairways to the street. No stationhouse was found, only bus shelters. The line now resembles the Brighton or Sea Beach BMT lines with very similar stations. We arrive at Murray Hill which holds only four cars and has two wall platforms, two tracks and a crossover. the station platforms are cut into the sidewall of this open cut section. We come to Broadway with two tracks, two wall platforms and is located on a grade and low embankment. This station has been shortened on  the West end and begs for renovation. A concrete stationhouse was found on the Eastbound Platform.

Auburndale has an island platform serving the two tracks and has recently been renovated. There are new "Old--fashioned" lights and enclosed stairways to the street from the elevated/embankment located station.. We revert to open cut and enter Bayside with two wall platforms, two tracks. A nice, two story brick  stationhouse is located at street level complete with covered stairs to the street and crossover. The eastbound platform is longer and offset. The line reverts to grade level and we pass a small Maintenance of Way Yard to our North end then rise to a low embankment. Douglaston  follows. also two wall platforms and has bus shelters near the east end which is in a low cut.. high end bus shelters are located at the Stationhouse on the North side stationhouse which has a crossover.

Little Neck is at grade and has a closed stationhouse on the eastbound  platform near the west end. A crossover is located neat the center. Bus shelters were also present. Great Neck  has two tracks and two wall platforms and is in an open cut. A nice stationhouse is located over the Westbound platform. An MTA Arts in Transit installation was present-- A series of Wire Sculptures on the eastbound platform. two crossovers were also present.

The line becomes a single track the eastbound track merges with the westbound track and the line becomes a high embankment) and we enter Manhasset with the platform on the South side featuring a nice stationhouse with red walls near the center of the platform. ADA ramps are present at this shallow cut station which also has a nice high end bus shelter at the east end and a crossover at the west end. A second stationhouse is at the west end and is two stories high.

 We start a high speed descent to Plandome which has the platform on the  North side. this station's terrain varies from at grade to embankment to open cut. A 2 story stationhouse is at platform level and features gray stucco walls with white trim and parking underneath. We enter a long curve with squealing wheels and expand to two tracks and finally six tracks.

Port Washington has 6 usable tracks with four active tracks serving two island platforms. A crossover at the North end serves all platforms and the parking area. the station also has a bypass track to the North and South of the line. Bump block is at the east end.. layout is as follows from North to South:

Low platform, track 6, , track 5, island platform, track 4, track 3, island platform, track 2, track 1, low platform.