Bridgehampton station

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Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton LIRR Station-8.JPG
Image of the shelter along the platform of Bridgehampton station
General information
LocationMaple & Butter Lanes
Bridgehampton, New York
Coordinates 40°56′21″N72°18′35″W / 40.939163°N 72.309646°W / 40.939163; -72.309646
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone14
History
Opened1870
Rebuilt1884, 1968, 2001
Passengers
2012201457 [1]
Rank115 of 125
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Long Island Rail Road Following station
Southampton Montauk Branch
limited service
East Hampton
toward Montauk
Southampton
toward Penn Station
Cannonball
summers only
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Water Mill Montauk Division Wainscott
toward Montauk
Water Mill
toward Manorville
Sag Harbor Branch Noyack Road
toward Sag Harbor
Location
Bridgehampton station

Bridgehampton is a station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Maple Lane and Butter Lane, in Bridgehampton, New York.

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History

Bridgehampton station opened in June 1870 for the Sag Harbor Branch, and was burned to the ground on July 6, 1884. Another station replaced it the same year, and on June 1, 1895 it began to serve the Montauk Extension. [2] The Sag Harbor Branch was abandoned on May 3, 1939. The station was closed between 1958, and January 1959, and was razed in May 1964. [3] In 1968, the station was replaced with a shelter, and a high-level platform was built in the late 1990s. [4]

Station layout

The station has one six-car-long high-level side platform on the south side of the main track; a siding is on the north side of the main track.

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References

  1. "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 199. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Bridgehampton
  2. "Latest Long Island News". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. June 1, 1895. p. 7.
  3. Fleming, Geoffrey K. (2003). Bridgehampton. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Omnibus. p. 19. ISBN   0738512184 . Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  4. Long Island Railroad Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
East of the station, the former Sag Harbor Branch runs northeast of the Montauk Branch, north of the Lumber Lane railroad crossing Sag Harbor Branch; Long Pond Trl Begins.JPG
East of the station, the former Sag Harbor Branch runs northeast of the Montauk Branch, north of the Lumber Lane railroad crossing