Lindenhurst station

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Lindenhurst
LIRRTrainAtLindenhurst.jpg
A westbound train arriving at Lindenhurst
General information
Location Wellwood Avenue & Hoffman Avenue
Lindenhurst, New York
Coordinates 40°41′18″N73°22′10″W / 40.6882°N 73.3695°W / 40.6882; -73.3695
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s) Montauk Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Suffolk County Transit : 10
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone9
History
Opened1867 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt1902, 1968-1973
ElectrifiedMay 20, 1925
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesWellwood (18671870)
Breslau (1870July 28, 1891 [1] )
Passengers
201220143,178 [2]
Rank36 of 125
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Long Island Rail Road Following station
Copiague Babylon Branch Babylon
Terminus
      Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Copiague Montauk Division Babylon
toward Montauk
Location
Lindenhurst station

Lindenhurst is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Wellwood Avenue (Suffolk CR 3) and East Hoffman Avenue (Suffolk CR 12) in Lindenhurst, New York.

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History

Lindenhurst station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th Century. It was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on October 28, 1867, as "Wellwood" It was renamed "Breslau" in 1870, after developers Thomas Welwood and Charles S. Schleier renamed the community after their native Breslau in German Empire, then was renamed "Lindenhurst" in 1891. [3] The station burned down suspiciously on January 22, 1901. [4] The second station was built in 1902.

This station was replaced with a temporary station with high-level platforms on October 25, 1968, when construction of the current elevated station was started. The current elevated station was opened on August 7, 1973, and was renovated in the early 2000s, along with much of the rest of the Babylon line. The 1902 station was moved to a private location and restored as a museum in 1971. [5] [6] In 2023, the MTA agreed to make the Amityville, Copiague and Lindenhurst stations wheelchair-accessible to settle a lawsuit. [7] An elevator at the Lindenhurst station opened on June 28th, 2024. [8] [9]

Station layout

The station has one 10-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.

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References

  1. "Change of Station Name". The Sentinel. July 23, 1891. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  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, 197. 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
  3. Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., 1961
  4. "Railroad Station Burned". The Brooklyn Citizen. January 22, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved May 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. Old Lindenhurst Station Today (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)
  6. Lindenhurst Historical Society & Former Railroad Station
  7. Korb, Priscila (July 29, 2020). "MTA Agrees To Install Elevators At 3 LIRR Train Stations". Lindenhurst, NY Patch. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  8. "LIRR adds new elevator at Lindenhurst Station". CBS New York. June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  9. Castillo, Alfonso A. (June 28, 2024). "Elevator opens at Lindenhurst LIRR station, part of $169M access plan". Newsday. Retrieved June 30, 2024.