Glen Head station

Glen Head
Glen Head
	Glen Head station in 2016
General information
Location	Glen Head Road & School Street; Glen Head, New York
Coordinates	40°49′56″N73°37′34″W / 40.832284°N 73.626128°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Oyster Bay Branch
Distance	25.4 mi (40.9 km) from Long Island City
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express : n27 ; (four blocks west on Glen Cove Avenue)
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	January 23, 1865
Rebuilt	1888, 1961
Passengers
2006	549
Services

Last updated January 21, 2024

Glen Head is a station on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Glen Head Road (Glenwood Road) and School Street in Glen Head, in Nassau County, New York.

History

The Glen Head station opened on January 23, 1865, initially serving as the northern terminus of the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road.^[3]^[4] Glen Head served as the terminus of the line until 1867, when it was extended further north. Its initial status as the branch's terminus – the "head of the rails" – gave the hamlet of Glen Head its current name.^[3]^[5] In July 1866, the Post Office changed the old name of the community from Cedar Swamp to Greenvale, but in February 1874 made another change, renaming the hamlet as Glenwood. The Long Island Rail Road has always used the name Glen Head, and the name prevailed.^[3]^[5]

A new station building was opened in May 1888.^[4] It was a two-story red brick structure and contained elaborate gingerbread woodwork along the canopies. It was rebuilt again midway through 1961 with the current one-story cedar-shingled depot.^[4]^[6]

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	← Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Greenvale)
Track 2	← Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Sea Cliff) →
Platform B, side platform

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References

↑ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
1 2 3 Seyfried, Vincent. "The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880". p. 203. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014.
1 2 3 Morrison, David D. (March 5, 2018). Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467128544.
1 2 Winsche, Richard (October 1, 1999). The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names. Interlaken, New York: Empire State Books. ISBN 978-1557871541.
↑ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3 . Retrieved November 25, 2011.

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[ett-20120514-1] Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.

[2] Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study

[:03-3] 1 2 3 Seyfried, Vincent. "The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880". p. 203. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014.

[:022-4] 1 2 3 Morrison, David D. (March 5, 2018). Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467128544.

[:81-5] 1 2 Winsche, Richard (October 1, 1999). The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names. Interlaken, New York: Empire State Books. ISBN 978-1557871541.

[:02-6] Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3 . Retrieved November 25, 2011.

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