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Pinelawn
Pinelawn
	The now-demolished station house, facing west on Long Island Avenue
General information
Location	Wellwood Avenue (Suffolk CR 3) & Long Island Avenue; Wyandanch, NY
Coordinates	40°44′43″N 73°23′58″W / 40.745339°N 73.399572°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Main Line
Platforms	1 side platform (Future: 2 side platforms)
Tracks	2 (1 currently in revenue service)
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: S31
Construction
Parking	Yes; Free
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Opened	1895
Rebuilt	1915, 1925, 1979, 2018
Electrified	1987; 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Melville (1895–1897); Pinelawn (Melville) (1897–1899)
Passengers
2006	50
Services
	Former services

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Pinelawn is a railroad station along the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is on Long Island Avenue, east of the Suffolk County Road 3 (Wellwood Avenue) grade crossing, west of Wyandanch, New York.

History

The Pinelawn station originally had two different station houses with their own histories. Both were created to serve Pinelawn Cemetery, Wellwood Cemetery, and other cemeteries in the vicinity. The first station opened as a flag stop on the northeast corner of Wellwood Avenue in 1895 as Melville, a name it maintained until 1897. From there it would be named Pinelawn (Melville) and finally Pinelawn in 1899.

The second station was built in 1915, and moved to the southeast side of Wellwood Avenue in 1925. It was remodeled again in June, 1979, but only as a shelter. Despite nearly being eliminated as part of the Long Island Rail Road's electrification of the main line towards Ronkonkoma, along with Wyandanch, and Brentwood, the station was saved as part of a bipartisan effort by New York State Senator Owen Johnson (R-West Babylon) and Assemblyman Patrick Halpin (D-Lindenhurst), and given a high-level platform in 1986.

As part of the Main Line Second Track Project which will build a second track between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma, the LIRR is currently constructing two new platforms at Pinelawn. The existing station building was demolished, allowing construction of a second platform.^[2]

Service

Pinelawn serves mostly off-peak local trains daily. Approximately 36 trains currently stop at the station every week. This station sees no late night or peak service.

Station layout

This station has one track and one two-car-long side platform to the north of the track, serving the front cars of westbound trains and the rear cars of eastbound trains. It replaced a side platform that was located to the south of the track, east of the station house; this platform was demolished as part of the Double Track project. A second platform to the south is being built as part of the project.

Ground/platform level Exit/entrance	Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 1	← Ronkonkoma Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic or Penn Station (Farmingdale) Ronkonkoma Branch toward Ronkonkoma (Wyandanch) →
	Track 2	Under construction
	Side platform, under construction

Pinelawn Cemetery Station

Despite the presence of the shack-sized station, a much more elaborate station was built across Wellwood Avenue on August 30, 1904. The station had a tall clock tower, a cemetery office, a chapel, and a fancy ticket office in the main lobby, however it is widely believed never to have been used by the public. Pinelawn Cemetery Station remained in service for a business located within the cemetery, until it was destroyed by a fire in April 1928. The walls of the station were still standing in 1960, and the arched entrance to this station remained intact until 1985,^[3] when the Long Island Rail Road was beginning its electrification of the main line.

References

^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
^ "July 2017 MTA Board Action Items" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 26, 2017. p. 73–74. Retrieved July 26, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
^ Pinelawn - Melville Station (Arrt's Arrchives)

External links

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

[2] "July 2017 MTA Board Action Items" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 26, 2017. p. 73–74. Retrieved July 26, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

[3] Pinelawn - Melville Station (Arrt's Arrchives)

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-'''Pinelawn''' is a railroad station along the [[Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)|Main Line]] ([[Ronkonkoma Branch]]) of the [[Long Island Rail Road]]. It is on Long Island Avenue, east of the [[County Route 3 (Suffolk County, New York)|Suffolk County Road&nbsp;3]] (Wellwood Avenue) grade crossing, south of [[Melville, New York]].
+'''Pinelawn''' is a railroad station along the [[Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)|Main Line]] ([[Ronkonkoma Branch]]) of the [[Long Island Rail Road]]. It is on Long Island Avenue, east of the [[County Route 3 (Suffolk County, New York)|Suffolk County Road&nbsp;3]] (Wellwood Avenue) grade crossing, west of [[Wyandanch, New York]].
 ==History==