The Babylon Rail Road was a

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line in Babylon Village,

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, later converted to a

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line. It was opened in 1871 and ceased operations in 1920. The line's main purpose was to provide transportation between the Long Island Rail Road station at the north end of the village center, to

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for Jones Beach and

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destinations. In 1910 Babylon Railroad established a second line to Amityville Station. They also planned a connection to the

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(later

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) in

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that was never built. By 1918, the original line of the Babylon railroad ceased to operate, and the Babylon-Amityville Line was terminated two years later.

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