 Electric service on the current route of the Hempstead Branch, from Queens Village east along the Main Line and Central Branch and south along the Hempstead Branch to Hempstead, was inaugurated on May 26, 1908.In 1910, the branch's connection to the Main Line was double-tracked.The then-Hempstead Branch north to Mineola was electrified on October 20, 1926, along with the West Hempstead Branch.