Westhampton station

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Westhampton
Westhampton Station - May 2015.jpg
The Westhampton station in May 2015 from the platform.
General information
LocationStation Road & Depot Road
Westhampton, New York
Coordinates 40°49′49″N72°39′04″W / 40.830191°N 72.650973°W / 40.830191; -72.650973
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone14
History
Opened1869
Rebuilt1905
Passengers
2012201427 [1]
Rank120 of 125
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Long Island Rail Road Following station
Speonk Montauk Branch
limited service
Hampton Bays
toward Montauk
Jamaica
toward Penn Station
Cannonball
summers only
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Speonk Montauk Division Quogue
toward Montauk
Speonk
toward Manorville
Sag Harbor Branch Quogue
toward Sag Harbor
Location
Westhampton station

Westhampton is a station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is on Station Road and Depot Road in Westhampton, New York, just west of Old Riverhead Road and south of the Francis S. Gabreski Airport.

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History

The rebuilt station house at Westhampton LIRR station Westhampton LIRR Station House.JPG
The rebuilt station house at Westhampton LIRR station

Westhampton station was originally built in 1869 along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch. [2] In 1905, a second station was built when the first one was moved to a private location.

The station burned down in 1986, but was rebuilt sometime between then and the year 2000. When Quogue station was closed on March 16, 1998, Westhampton was one of the two stations that replaced it. The other was Hampton Bays.

Station layout

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

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References

  1. "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 ... Westhampton
  2. "Suburban Intelligence | Long Island". New York Daily Herald. December 20, 1869. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.