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Westwood
Westwood
	View from the platform, facing north.
General information
Location	Foster Avenue & Motley Street; Malverne, New York
Coordinates	40°40′05.8″N 73°40′53.1″W / 40.668278°N 73.681417°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	West Hempstead Branch
Distance	1.4 mi (2.3 km) from Valley Stream
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Yes; Village of Malverne & Lynbrook permits required
Bicycle facilities	Yes; Bicycle Racks
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	September 1929
Rebuilt	1955
Electrified	October 19, 1926; 750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2006	711
Services
Location
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Westwood is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead Branch serving the villages of Malverne and Lynbrook, New York. The station platform is located on Foster Avenue in Malverne, with parking facilities on both the Malverne (Foster Avenue at Motley Street) and Lynbrook (Whitehall Street at Whittier Street) sides of the tracks. It has no station building other than a pair of open shelters, the larger one on the Malverne side of the tracks. It also features a gated at-grade pedestrian crossing,^[3] one of only a few stations on the Long Island Rail Road to feature such crossings.

No buses connect to Westwood station. A basketball court can be found on the Malverne side of the station between the platform and parking lot.^[4]

History

Before the establishment of Westwood station, the station itself was the site of a junction of two freight sidings in Lynbrook that existed only in 1924 both of which were abandoned in September of that year. The line was electrified on October 19, 1926 and the station itself was established in September 1929. The small station house had a single platform on the Malverne side, as well as an un-gated pedestrian crossing, and a pedestrian bridge over the tracks which existed only until 1938.^[5] By 1955, the station house was gutted, leaving only the roof and the frame, thus transforming it into an open shelter.^[6] At some point, an identical open shelter was built on the Lynbrook side of the tracks, which had a separate color scheme^[7] from the Malverne shelter^[8] until the 21st century.

Platform and track

This station has one four-car-long side platform on the west side of the single track, which was converted into a high-level platform in fall 1973.^[9]

Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Track 1	← West Hempstead Branch weekdays toward Valley Stream, Grand Central Madison, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (St. Albans) West Hempstead Branch toward West Hempstead (Malverne) →

Gallery

Westwood station
A train bound for West Hempstead as seen from the Lynbrook side of the tracks.
The station, as seen from an adjacent basketball court.
The pedestrian grade crossing at the station.
Westwood station's Malverne shelter. The Lynbrook shelter can be seen across the tracks.

References

^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VII. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
^ Westwood's at-grade Pedestrian Crossing looking from Lynbrook into Malverne (Unofficial LIRR History Website)^[usurped]
^ DanTD (June 10, 2010). Westwood Station from the Basketball Court (photograph). Retrieved July 15, 2013. {{cite AV media}}: External link in |people= (help)
^ February 23, 1946 view of Westwood Station House in Malverne from across the tracks in Lynbrook, by William Gilligan (TrainsAreFun)
^ LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
^ Westwood Station on the Lynbrook side in February 1999 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)^[usurped]
^ Westwood Station on the Malverne side in June 2006 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)^[usurped]
^ Westwood Shelter Track View High-level platforms under construction September 27, 1973 George Povall collection (TrainsAreFun)

External links

Media related to Westwood (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

[ett-20120514-1] Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VII. Retrieved August 7, 2022.

[2] Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study

[3] Westwood's at-grade Pedestrian Crossing looking from Lynbrook into Malverne (Unofficial LIRR History Website)^[usurped]

[4] DanTD (June 10, 2010). Westwood Station from the Basketball Court (photograph). Retrieved July 15, 2013. {{cite AV media}}: External link in |people= (help)

[5] February 23, 1946 view of Westwood Station House in Malverne from across the tracks in Lynbrook, by William Gilligan (TrainsAreFun)

[6] LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com)

[7] Westwood Station on the Lynbrook side in February 1999 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)^[usurped]

[8] Westwood Station on the Malverne side in June 2006 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)^[usurped]

[9] Westwood Shelter Track View High-level platforms under construction September 27, 1973 George Povall collection (TrainsAreFun)

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- | name=Westwood
+| name = Westwood
- | style=LIRR
+| style = LIRR
- | image=LIRR_Westwood_station_platform_level,_June_2017.jpg
+| image = LIRR_Westwood_station_platform_level,_June_2017.jpg
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+| image_caption = View from the platform, facing north.
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+| address = Foster Avenue &amp; Motley Street<br/>[[Malverne, New York]]
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+| coordinates = {{coord|40|40|05.8|N|73|40|53.1|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
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+| line = [[West Hempstead Branch]]
+| distance = {{convert|1.4|mi|abbr=on}} from {{lirrs|Valley Stream}}<ref name="ett-20120514">{{cite web | title=TIMETABLE No. 4 | author=Long Island Rail Road | date= May 14, 2012 | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrhistoricaldata/LIRRTimeTable4_5-14-2012.pdf | page=VII}}</ref>
- | other=
- | platform=1 [[side platform]]
+| other =
+| platform = 1 [[side platform]]
- | tracks=1
+| tracks = 1
- | parking=Yes; Village of Malverne &amp; Lynbrook permits required
+| parking = Yes; Village of Malverne &amp; Lynbrook permits required
- | bicycle=Yes; Bicycle Racks
+| bicycle = Yes; Bicycle Racks
- | baggage_check=
+| baggage_check =
- | passengers=711<ref>Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study</ref>
+| passengers = 711<ref>Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study</ref>
- | pass_year=2006
+| pass_year = 2006
- | opened=September 1929
+| opened = September 1929
- | closed=
+| closed =
- | rebuilt=1955
+| rebuilt = 1955
- | electrified=October 19, 1926<br>750 [[volt|V]] ([[Direct current|DC]]) [[third rail]]
+| electrified = October 19, 1926<br/>750 [[volt|V]] ([[Direct current|DC]]) [[third rail]]
- | ADA=yes
+| accessible = yes
- | code=
+| code =
- | owned=[[Long Island Rail Road]]
+| owned = [[Long Island Rail Road]]
- | zone=4
+| zone = 4
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-'''Westwood''' is a [[train station|station]] on the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[West Hempstead Branch]] serving the villages of [[Malverne, New York|Malverne]] and [[Lynbrook, New York]]. The station platform is located on Foster Avenue in Malverne, with parking facilities on both the Malverne (Foster Avenue at Motley Street) and Lynbrook (Whitehall Street at Whittier Street) sides of the tracks. It has no station building other than a pair of open shelters, the larger one on the Malverne side of the tracks. It also features a gated at-grade pedestrian crossing,<ref>[http://www.lirrhistory.com/jun2006/westwood005.jpg Westwood's at-grade Pedestrian Crossing looking from Lynbrook into Malverne (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]</ref> one of only two such stations on the Long Island Rail Road to exclusively feature such crossings, the other being [[Stony Brook (LIRR station)|Stony Brook]].
+'''Westwood''' is a [[train station|station]] on the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[West Hempstead Branch]] serving the villages of [[Malverne, New York|Malverne]] and [[Lynbrook, New York]]. The station platform is located on Foster Avenue in Malverne, with parking facilities on both the Malverne (Foster Avenue at Motley Street) and Lynbrook (Whitehall Street at Whittier Street) sides of the tracks. It has no station building other than a pair of open shelters, the larger one on the Malverne side of the tracks. It also features a gated at-grade pedestrian crossing,<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110521105026/http://www.lirrhistory.com/jun2006/westwood005.jpg Westwood's at-grade Pedestrian Crossing looking from Lynbrook into Malverne (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]}}</ref> one of only a few stations on the Long Island Rail Road to feature such crossings.
-No buses connect to Westwood station, however local suburban taxi cabs do stop there. A basketball court can be found on the Malverne side of the station between the platform and parking lot.<ref>{{cite video |people=[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DanTD DanTD]  |date=June 10, 2010 |title=Westwood Station from the Basketball Court |url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westwood_Station_from_Basketball_Court.jpg |medium= photograph |accessdate= July 15, 2013 }}</ref>
+No buses connect to Westwood station. A basketball court can be found on the Malverne side of the station between the platform and parking lot.<ref>{{cite video |people=[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DanTD DanTD]  |date=June 10, 2010 |title=Westwood Station from the Basketball Court |url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westwood_Station_from_Basketball_Court.jpg |medium= photograph |access-date= July 15, 2013 }}</ref>
 ==History==
-Before the establishment of Westwood station, the station itself was the site of a junction of two freight sidings in Lynbrook that existed only in 1924 both of which were abandoned in September of that year. The line was electrified on October 19, 1926 and the station itself was established in September 1929. The small station house had a single platform on the Malverne side, as well as an un-gated pedestrian crossing, and a pedestrian bridge over the tracks which existed only until 1938.<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/westhempstead/Westwood-Station_viewNW_2-23-46_WilliamGilligan.jpg February 23, 1946 view of Westwood Station House in Malverne from across the tracks in Lynbrook, by William Gilligan (TrainsAreFun)]</ref> By 1955, the station house was gutted, leaving only the roof and the frame, thus transforming it into an open shelter.<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com)]</ref> At some point, an identical open shelter was built on the Lynbrook side of the tracks, which had a separate color scheme<ref>[http://www.lirrhistory.com/feb99/ww1.jpg Westwood Station on the Lynbrook side in February 1999 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]</ref> from the Malvern shelter<ref>[http://www.lirrhistory.com/jun2006/westwood008.jpg Westwood Station on the Malverne side in June 2006 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]</ref> until the 21st century.
+Before the establishment of Westwood station, the station itself was the site of a junction of two freight sidings in Lynbrook that existed only in 1924 both of which were abandoned in September of that year. The line was electrified on October 19, 1926 and the station itself was established in September 1929. The small station house had a single platform on the Malverne side, as well as an un-gated pedestrian crossing, and a pedestrian bridge over the tracks which existed only until 1938.<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/westhempstead/Westwood-Station_viewNW_2-23-46_WilliamGilligan.jpg February 23, 1946 view of Westwood Station House in Malverne from across the tracks in Lynbrook, by William Gilligan (TrainsAreFun)]</ref> By 1955, the station house was gutted, leaving only the roof and the frame, thus transforming it into an open shelter.<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com)]</ref> At some point, an identical open shelter was built on the Lynbrook side of the tracks, which had a separate color scheme<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20001002151402/http://www.lirrhistory.com/feb99/ww1.jpg Westwood Station on the Lynbrook side in February 1999 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]}}</ref> from the Malverne shelter<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110521105015/http://www.lirrhistory.com/jun2006/westwood008.jpg Westwood Station on the Malverne side in June 2006 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]}}</ref> until the 21st century.
 ==Platform and track==
-This station has one four-car-long [[side platform]] on the west side of the single track, which was converted into a high-level platform in the autumn of 1973.<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrshelter/Station-Shelter-Shed-Track%20View-Westwood-9-27-73.jpg Westwood Shelter Track View High-level platforms under construction September 27, 1973 George Povall collection (TrainsAreFun)]</ref>
+This station has one four-car-long [[side platform]] on the west side of the single track, which was converted into a high-level platform in fall 1973.<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrshelter/Station-Shelter-Shed-Track%20View-Westwood-9-27-73.jpg Westwood Shelter Track View High-level platforms under construction September 27, 1973 George Povall collection (TrainsAreFun)]</ref>
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-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Track 1'''
+|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Track '''1'''
-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|← '''[[West Hempstead Branch|<span style=color:#{{LIRR color|West Hempstead}}>West Hempstead Branch</span>]]''' toward [[Valley Stream (LIRR station)|Valley Stream]], [[Jamaica station|Jamaica]], [[Atlantic Terminal|Atlantic]] or [[Penn Station (LIRR station)|Penn Station]] <small>([[Valley Stream station|Valley Stream]])</small><br>'''[[West Hempstead Branch|<span style=color:#{{LIRR color|West Hempstead}}>West Hempstead Branch</span>]]''' toward [[West Hempstead (LIRR station)|West Hempstead]] <small>([[Malverne (LIRR station)|Malverne]])</small> →
+|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=750|← {{rcb|LIRR|West Hempstead|inline=yes}} weekdays toward {{lirrs|Valley Stream}}, {{lirrs|Grand Central Madison}}, {{lirrs|Atlantic Terminal}}, or {{lirrs|Penn Station}} <small>({{lirrs|St. Albans}})</small><br>{{0|←}} {{rcb|LIRR|West Hempstead|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|West Hempstead}} <small>({{lirrs|Malverne}})</small> →
 |}
 ==Gallery==
+<gallery mode="packed" widths="245" heights="175" caption="Westwood station">
-<gallery>
 File:West Hempstead-bound train at Westwood.jpg|A train bound for West Hempstead as seen from the Lynbrook side of the tracks.
+File:Westwood Station from Basketball Court.jpg|The station, as seen from an adjacent basketball court.
+File:Westwood Station Pedestrian Crossing.jpg|The pedestrian grade crossing at the station.
 File:Westwood Station from Malverne side.jpg|Westwood station's Malverne shelter. The Lynbrook shelter can be seen across the tracks.
 </gallery>
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-*[http://www.lirrhistory.com/whempsta.html West Hempstead Branch Stations (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]
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 [[Category:Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York]]
-[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1929]]
+[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1929]]