St. Albans station (LIRR)

St Albans
St Albans
	The St. Albans station platform.
General information
Location	Linden Boulevard and Montauk Place; St. Albans, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°41′28″N73°45′56″W / 40.691052°N 73.765426°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Distance	11.8 mi (19.0 km) from Long Island City
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NYCT Bus : Q4
Construction
Accessible	No; accessibility planned
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	July 1, 1898
Rebuilt	1935
Electrified	May 21, 1925; 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Locust Avenue
Passengers
2012—2014	461
Rank	99 of 125
Services
	Montauk Branch does not stop here
	Babylon Branch does not stop here
Former services
Location
Location

Last updated January 05, 2025

St. Albans is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch in St. Albans, Queens, New York on the southwest corner of Linden Boulevard and Montauk Place, although the segment of Montauk Place that once intersected with Linden Boulevard has been abandoned and fenced off.

History

In 1872, the LIRR's Cedarhurst Cut-off was built through the area, but no stop appears here on the first timetables.^[4] Saint Albans Station was built on July 1, 1898, and originally appeared on maps with the name of Locust Avenue (the same name as the station at the other end of what is now called Baisley Boulevard).^[5] The station was razed in 1935 as part of a grade elimination project.^[6] The current elevated structure was opened either on October 22 or October 23, 1935.

On May 21, 1973, the LIRR announced plans to significantly reduce service at Union Hall Street, Springfield Gardens, and St. Albans, with only a few trains stopping during rush hours. At St. Albans, service was limited to four westbound trains in the morning between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., and four eastbound trains in the evening between 5 p.m. and 6:45 p.m..^[7]

Station layout

This station has one narrow six-car-long island platform between the two tracks with two entrances. The north staircase goes down to the south side of Linden Boulevard between Newburg and 180th Street while the south staircase goes down to a short tunnel leading to the dead-end street of Foch Boulevard.

P Platform level	Track 1	← Montauk Branch does not stop here ← West Hempstead Branch toward Grand Central Madison, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Jamaica) ← Babylon Branch does not stop here
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Track 2	Babylon Branch does not stop here → West Hempstead Branch toward West Hempstead (Westwood) → Montauk Branch does not stop here →
G	Ground level	Entrance/exit, parking, buses

Service

Service to the station is provided by hourly West Hempstead Branch trains.

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References

↑ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. IV. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
↑ Long Island Railroad Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "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
↑ "Cedarhusrt Cutoff". Arrt's Arrchives.
↑ "1898 map showing Locust Ave station in St. Albans on the Rockaway Branch of the LIRR". Archived from the original on March 1, 2002. (Locust Avenue is now called Baisley Boulevard)
↑ "St.Albans Station photos".(Schedule on this page indicates trains stopped as early as 1897)
↑ "LIRR Lists Schedule Changes". Newsday. Hempstead, New York. May 20, 1973. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

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

[2] Long Island Railroad Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "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

[4] "Cedarhusrt Cutoff". Arrt's Arrchives.

[5] "1898 map showing Locust Ave station in St. Albans on the Rockaway Branch of the LIRR". Archived from the original on March 1, 2002. (Locust Avenue is now called Baisley Boulevard)

[6] "St.Albans Station photos".(Schedule on this page indicates trains stopped as early as 1897)

[7] "LIRR Lists Schedule Changes". Newsday. Hempstead, New York. May 20, 1973. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

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