Lindenhurst station
Lindenhurst | |||||||||||
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 Westbound Train arriving at Lindenhurst | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Wellwood Avenue & Hoffman Avenue Lindenhurst, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°41′18″N 73°22′09″W / 40.688243°N 73.369242°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Suffolk County Transit: S20 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 9 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1867 (SSRRLI) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1902, 1968-1973 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | May 20, 1925 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Wellwood (1867–1870) Breslau (1870–1891) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 3,583[1] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Lindenhurst is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Wellwood Avenue (Suffolk CR 3) and East Hoffman Avenue (Suffolk CR 12) in Lindenhurst, New York.
History
Lindenhurst station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th Century. It was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on October 28, 1867 as "Wellwood" It was renamed "Breslau" in 1870, after developers Thomas Wellwood and Charles S. Schleier renamed the community after their native Breslau in Prussia, then was renamed "Lindenhurst" in 1891.[2] The station was burned down on January 23, 1901. The second station was built in 1902. This station was replaced with a temporary station with high-level platforms on October 25, 1968 when construction of the current elevated station was started. The current elevated station was opened on August 7, 1973, and was renovated in the early 2000s, along with much of the rest of the Babylon line. The 1902 station was moved to a private location and restored as a museum in 1971.[3][4]
Station layout
The station has one 10-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.
| G | Ground level | Entrance/exit, parking, buses |
| P Platform level |
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| Track 1 | ← Babylon Branch toward Jamaica or Penn Station (Copiague) ← Montauk Branch does not stop here | |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
| Track 2 | Babylon Branch toward Babylon (Terminus) → Montauk Branch does not stop here → | |
References
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., © 1961
- ^ Old Lindenhurst Station Today (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)
- ^ Lindenhurst Historical Society & Former Railroad Station
