Republic station

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Republic
LIRR Republic Station staircase, northern side.jpg
Remains of the staircase to the former Republic station
General information
LocationBroad Hollow Road and Conklin Street
Farmingdale, New York
Coordinates 40°44′25″N73°25′19″W / 40.740278°N 73.421944°W / 40.740278; -73.421944
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s) Main Line
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeNone
History
OpenedDecember 9, 1940
Closed1986 or 1987
Former services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Long Island Rail Road Following station
Farmingdale Ronkonkoma Branch Pinelawn
toward Greenport
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Farmingdale Main Line Pinelawn
toward Greenport

Republic was a station stop along the Ronkonkoma Branch which served employees of the Fairchild Engine & Airplane Manufacturing Company and the nearby Republic Airport from 1940 to the late 1980s. As part of a double-tracking project on the line, the station may be reopened.

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History

Original station

Republic station opened on December 9, 1940, with simple wooden shelters for passengers. When electrification was extended from Hicksville to Ronkonkoma in the 1980s, the LIRR proposed to close the stops at Republic, Grumman, Pineaire, Brentwood, and Deer Park to speed travel times and to avoid the cost of building high level platforms at lightly used stations. [1] The latter two were ultimately kept, but Republic closed in either 1986 or 1987 due to its low ridership and the high cost of new platforms. [2] [3] [4] The old station platforms have been removed, but the two staircases down to Route 110 remain, though gated off.

Proposed reopening

As part of the project that added a second track from Farmingdale to Ronkonkoma, the MTA is considering reopening Republic station. [5] [6] The reopened station would serve the Route 110 corridor, a major north–south commercial route. [4] The station was cut from the project in 2010 due to budgetary issues, but revived in 2012. [7] [8] The MTA Board included money for planning and engineering in the approved 2015-2019 Capital Plan, and anticipates funding construction through a future Capital Plan. [9]

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