Hampton Bays station

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Hampton Bays
Hampton Bays Station.jpg
The Hampton Bays station in November 2014, facing Montauk-bound.
General information
LocationGood Ground Road, & Springville Road
Hampton Bays, New York
Coordinates 40°52′35″N72°31′28″W / 40.876464°N 72.524566°W / 40.876464; -72.524566
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Suffolk County Transit : 92
(on Montauk Highway)
Construction
ParkingYes (free)
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone14
History
Opened1869 or 1871
Closed1873, 1958
Rebuilt1874, 1913, 1974, 200001
Previous namesGood Ground (18691922) [1]
Passengers
2012201478 [2]
Rank112 of 125
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Long Island Rail Road Following station
Westhampton Montauk Branch
limited service
Southampton
toward Montauk
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Quogue Montauk Division Canoe Place
toward Montauk
East Quogue
toward Manorville
Sag Harbor Branch Shinnecock Hills
toward Sag Harbor
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Long Island Rail Road Following station
Terminus Montauk Branch Canoe Place
toward Montauk

Hampton Bays is a railroad station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is on Good Ground Road between Springville Road and Suffolk CR 32 (Ponquogue Avenue) in Hampton Bays, New York.

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History

The Hampton Bays station was originally built along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch on December 20, 1869 [3] (although some sources claim it was in February 1871) as "Good Ground." It was the terminus of the line until the summer of 1870 when it was extended to Sag Harbor. The station was renamed "Hampton Bays" in June 1922, but the original name can be found along one of the streets where it is located on. The station burned on November 4, 1873. The second station was opened on January 10, 1874 and closed in 1913, but used as an "express house" for the 3rd depot, which opened in the Summer 1913. The station house was built in the style typical of stations such as Manhasset, Riverhead, Bay Shore, Northport, and Mineola stations, [4] and closed in 1958, but remained a flag stop, then razed sometime around 1964. The station stop was moved 2,000 feet (610 m) west on December 26, 1974. When Quogue station was closed on March 16, 1998, Hampton Bays was one of the two stations that replaced it. The other was Westhampton. The existing depot's high-level platforms were added between 1998 and 1999.

A Montauk-bound train arrives at Hampton Bays Station as it passes an idling train on the next track. Hampton Bays LIRR Station; Two Trains.JPG
A Montauk-bound train arrives at Hampton Bays Station as it passes an idling train on the next track.

Station layout

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

Side platform, doors will open on the left or right Wheelchair symbol.svg
Track 1      Montauk Branch limited service toward Long Island City or Penn Station (Westhampton)
      Montauk Branch limited service toward Montauk (Southampton)

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References

  1. "Good Ground Station Now Hampton Bays". The Brooklyn Citizen . March 19, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved December 4, 2019 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "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 ... Hampton Bays
  3. "PRR Chronology, 1869" (PDF). (114  KiB), June 2004 Edition
  4. George Skidmore photograph (Hampton Bays Online)