Bethpage station

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Bethpage
Bethpage Station.jpg
A westbound train arrives at the Bethpage station in September 2014.
General information
Coordinates 40°44′35″N73°29′00″W / 40.742994°N 73.483359°W / 40.742994; -73.483359
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)
Distance27.9 mi (44.9 km) from Long Island City [1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes; Free, and Town of Oyster Bay permits
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone7
History
Opened1856
Rebuilt1959
Electrified1987
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesJerusalem Station (18541936)
Jerusalem (18631936)
Central Park (18671936)
Passengers
20064,963 [2]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Long Island Rail Road Following station
Hicksville Ronkonkoma Branch Farmingdale
toward Ronkonkoma
      Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Grumman Main Line Farmingdale
toward Greenport
Island Trees Garden City–Mitchel Field Secondary Terminus
Terminus Central Branch South Farmingdale
toward Babylon
Location
Bethpage station

Bethpage station is a commuter rail station along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Stewart Avenue and Jackson Avenue, in Bethpage, New York, and serves Ronkonkoma Branch trains. Trains that travel along the Central Branch also use these tracks, but do not stop here.

Contents

History

Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) tracks were completed on the present line in 1841. [3] At first, trains did not stop here, with Bethpage appearing only as a notation ("late Bethpage") associated with the Farmingdale station to the east. [4] By 1854, the LIRR stopped at a local station called Jerusalem. [5] [6] A local post office opened January 29, 1857, with the name Jerusalem Station. [7] In 1867, the residents voted to change the name of the local post office to Central Park, and both that and Jerusalem appeared on LIRR schedules until 1936. The station and the post office were renamed Bethpage on October 1, 1936. [8] In 1959, the station burned down and was replaced. Electrified service through the station was inaugurated in 1987. [9]

Two nearby stations also had Bethpage in their name:

From 1873 until 1876, the Central Railroad of Long Island had a regularly scheduled stop also named Central Park near Stewart Avenue and Motor Lane in Plainedge, approximately 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of the present station. [10] [11] [12] Service was continued by the LIRR at that location until about 1924.

Station layout

There are two tracks at this station with two 12-car high-level side platforms.

Platform A, side platform Wheelchair symbol.svg
Track 1      Ronkonkoma Branch toward Grand Central Madison or Penn Station (Hicksville)
      Montauk Branch does not stop here
Track 2      Montauk Branch does not stop here →
      Ronkonkoma Branch toward Farmingdale or Ronkonkoma (Farmingdale)
Platform B, side platform Wheelchair symbol.svg

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References

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  5. "Railroads". The New York Times . April 13, 1854. p. 7. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  6. "1863 LIRR timetable" . Retrieved December 31, 2011. The schedule shows the stop is 2 miles from Farmingdale and 3 miles from Hicksville, the same distances as of 2024.
  7. David Roberts. "Nassau County Post Offices 1794-1879". Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2007.John L. Kay; Chester M. Smith, Jr. (1982). New York Postal History: The Post Offices & First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980. American Philatelic Society.
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  9. Schmitt, Eric (December 31, 1987). "Electric Service Extended by L.I.R.R." The New York Times . Section B, p. 3. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
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  11. "c1884 map of LI showing rail lines".
  12. "The Stewart Line" (1874 & 1875 timetables show separate stations for Bethpage (now Old Bethpage), Bethpage Junction, and Central Park/Jerusalem).