Cold Spring Harbor station

Cold Spring Harbor
The Cold Spring Harbor station in 2018
General information
Location	West Pulaski Road and East Gate Drive West Hills, New York
Coordinates	40°50′06″N73°27′06″W / 40.835056°N 73.451611°W / 40.835056; -73.451611
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NYS Bike Route 25A [1]
Construction
Parking	Yes; Town of Huntington residential permits
Bicycle facilities	Yes; Bike Racks and Lockers
Accessible	Partially ADA-accessible (Platform A)
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Opened	1901 or 1902
Rebuilt	1948
Electrified	October 19, 1970 [2] 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Woodbury (1875–1880)
Passengers
2006	4,166 [3]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Syosset toward Penn Station or Grand Central Port Jefferson Branch electric service Huntington Terminus Syosset toward Penn Station or Long Island City Port Jefferson Branch diesel service Huntington toward Port Jefferson
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Syosset toward Hicksville Wading River Branch Huntington toward Wading River
Location

Cold Spring Harbor is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Jefferson Branch. It is located at West Pulaski Road (CR 11) and East Gate Drive, just south of Woodbury Road in West Hills, Suffolk County, New York.

History

The westbound platform, with the station house visible at center-right.

In December 1875, a station was built in the nearby community of Woodbury, in Nassau (then Queens) County, as "Woodbury station", as an extension of the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad. It was renamed "Cold Spring station" on October 15, 1880, ^{[4] [5]} when the southern portion of what is now the Village of Laurel Hollow was still known as Cold Spring. ^[4]

At some point between 1901 and 1902, the station was moved east to the present-day Cold Springs Hills section of the hamlet of West Hills and assumed its current name of Cold Spring Harbor. ^[4]

The station was reconstructed in 1948, during which time the current station house was erected. ^{[4] [6]} In 1970, the station was electrified, along with the rest of the Port Jefferson Branch between Mineola and Huntington. ^[7]

Since 2007, the station has served as the western terminus of New York State Bicycle Route 25A. ^[8]

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms. Platform A is 12 cars long and Platform B is eight cars long. One westbound morning train and three eastbound evening trains stop at the opposite platform.^{[ citation needed ]}

M	Mezzanine	Crossovers between platforms
P Platform level	Ground level	Entrance/exit, parking, buses
	Platform A, side platform
	Track 1	←       Port Jefferson Branch toward Grand Central Madison, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Syosset)
	Track 2	←      Port Jefferson Branch toward Huntington or Port Jefferson (Huntington) →
	Platform B, side platform

References

1. State Bike Route 25A (Bicycling in New York; NYSDOT)
2. "Start New Timetable on Electrified Section". The New York Daily News . October 19, 1970. p. BQL1. Retrieved September 23, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
4. Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Chicago: Arcadia. ISBN   0-7385-1180-3 . Retrieved November 20, 2011.
5. Long Island Rail Road: General Order Number 90 (TrainsAreFun.com)
6. LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
7. Bamberger, Werner (October 20, 1970). "Change at Jamaica Is Only a Memory For 12,000 Riders". The New York Times. p. 88. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
8. New York State Department of Transportation (January 2012). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 29, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2012.

External links

• Cold Spring Harbor – LIRR
• Cold Spring Harbor LIRR timetable
• Hicksville & Cold Spring Harbor Branch Map; 1855 (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Unofficial LIRR History Website
  • March 1999 ^[usurped] and February 2007 Station Photos ^[usurped]
  • Platforms, Tracks and Pedestrian Bridge ^[usurped]