Cold Spring Harbor station

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Cold Spring Harbor
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Cold Spring Harbor station
General information
Location West Pulaski Road & 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
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections NYS Bike Route 25A [1]
Construction
ParkingYes; Town of Huntington residential permits
Bicycle facilitiesYes; Bike Racks and Lockers
AccessiblePartially ADA-accessible (Platform A)
Other information
Fare zone9
History
Opened1901 or 1902
Rebuilt1948
ElectrifiedOctober 19, 1970 [2]
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesWoodbury (18751880)
Passengers
20064,166 [3]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Long Island Rail Road Following station
Syosset Port Jefferson Branch Huntington
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Syosset
toward Hicksville
Wading River Branch Huntington
toward Wading River

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

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History

The westbound platform, with the station house visible at center-right. CSH LIRR newsstand closed jeh.jpg
The westbound platform, with the station house visible at center-right.

A station was built in Nassau (then Queens) County in December 1875 in nearby Woodbury 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 part of Laurel Hollow was still known as Cold Spring. Sometime between 1901 and 1902, the station was moved east to the now Cold Springs Hills community of the hamlet of West Hills and took 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 inbound morning train and three outbound evening trains stop at the opposite platform.

MMezzanineCrossover between platforms
P
Platform level
Ground levelEntrance/exit, parking, buses
Platform A, side platform Wheelchair symbol.svg
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

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References

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  2. "Start New Timetable on Electrified Section". The New York Daily News . October 19, 1970. p. BQL1. Retrieved September 23, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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