Wantagh station

Wantagh
Wantagh
	South track at Wantagh station as an eastbound M7 train arrives
General information
Location	Wantagh & Railroad Avenues; Wantagh, New York
Coordinates	40°40′23″N73°30′33″W / 40.672937°N 73.509098°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Distance	25.9 mi (41.7 km) from Long Island City
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express : n19 (at Merrick Road)
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	1867;156 years ago (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt	1885, 1966–1967, 2016-2018
Electrified	May 20, 1925; 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Ridgewood (1867–1891)
Passengers
2012—2014	5,726
Rank	20 of 125
Services
	Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services

Last updated August 21, 2023

Wantagh is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Wantagh Avenue and Railroad Avenue near NY 27 (Sunrise Highway) in Wantagh, New York. It is commonly used as a terminal and origin for some Babylon branch trains during the rush hours.

History

Wantagh was originally named Ridgewood and was built as a South Side Railroad of Long Island depot between 1867 and 1875. The station was replaced in 1885 and renamed "Wantagh" in 1891. Like so many stations along the Babylon-Montauk Branch, the original grade-level station was decommissioned when the current elevated stationed opened on October 22, 1968, after construction from 1966 to 1968. The elevated station opened the same day as Seaford and were identical in design. The former station was restored as part of the Wantagh Museum in 1969 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[3]^[4] It was one of many that were elevated throughout Nassau and Western Suffolk counties from the 1950s continuing through the 1970s.

Following the completion of Massapequa's renovation, Wantagh is set to receive a full renovation very similar to what was done at Seaford in 2009. Plans include demolishing and rebuilding the platform, replacing escalators, staircases, lighting, canopies, and waiting areas in addition to adding an elevator, making that station wheelchair accessible. The platform replaced was the original 1968 platform that was constructed when Wantagh was grade separated. The official project of renovating the station started in late June 2016 and was completed in October 2018.^[5]^[6]

On February 26, 2018 the first phase of the project was completed with the Eastern half rehabilitated. This included the elevator in service, a heated waiting room, a heating system underneath the platform to melt snow, and the two Eastern staircases back in service. Unfortunately, it was completed nine months behind schedule, and complaints from commuters poured in. During the winter time when they were putting in the ASIM (Automated Snow and Ice Melt) system, the temperatures were in the teens for a few weeks causing the pipes to burst from being frozen. The condition of the new platform was described as haphazardly and shoddy with noticeable concrete patches near the platform edge, and the elevator breaking down three times. Phase II or Western half of the platform started a week later and was completed in early-October 2018, completing the stations rehabilitation project, including further rehabilitation to the station's Eastern half to correct the repairs and seal both halves together. The results of the project include a new elevator, making it the first time in the station's history that it is ADA accessible, a new escalator, heated waiting room, new staircases, lighting, benches, Wi-fi interconnectivity, USB charging stations, information stations, and a new platform heating system that dries the platform in the winter known as ASIMS.

Station layout

This station has one twelve-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks, serving trains in both directions.

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References

↑ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. IV. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
↑ "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
↑ Wantagh Museum
↑ Wantagh Railroad Complex (Building - #83001716)
↑ Boyle, Chris (April 5, 2013). "Local LIRR Commuters Air Concerns at Forum". Wantagh-Seaford Patch.
↑ Ganci, Michael (July 23, 2013). "LIRR Reps: Changes Coming at Wantagh, Seaford Train Stations". Wantagh-Seaford Patch.

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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] "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] Wantagh Museum

[4] Wantagh Railroad Complex (Building - #83001716)

[5] Boyle, Chris (April 5, 2013). "Local LIRR Commuters Air Concerns at Forum". Wantagh-Seaford Patch.

[6] Ganci, Michael (July 23, 2013). "LIRR Reps: Changes Coming at Wantagh, Seaford Train Stations". Wantagh-Seaford Patch.

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