Bellerose station

Bellerose is a station along the Main Line and Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The station is at Commonwealth Boulevard and Superior Road, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of Jericho Turnpike, in Bellerose, New York and has a full-service ticket machine on the north side of the station, next to the underpass entrance and a daily machine on the south side next to the underpass entrance.

The station entrance from the parking lot, located on the north side of the tracks.

Bellerose
Bellerose LIRR station along Atlantic Avenue across from the intersection with Walnut Avenue.
General information
LocationCommonwealth Boulevard & Superior Road
Floral Park, NY
Coordinates40.7221°N 73.7166°W / 40.7221; -73.7166
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)
Distance14.3 mi (23.0 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks4 (2 on the Hempstead Branch, and 3 on the Main Line, 1 track shared by both the Hempstead Branch and Main Line)
ConnectionsBus transport New York City Bus: Q36 (at Jericho Turnpike)
Bus transport Nassau Inter-County Express: n24 (at Jericho Turnpike)
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
Opened1898
Rebuilt1909, 1960–1961
Electrified750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2006951[2]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Elmont
toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal
 Hempstead Branch Floral Park
toward Hempstead
     Port Jefferson Branch does not stop here
     Oyster Bay Branch does not stop here
     Ronkonkoma Branch does not stop here
     Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
Queens Village
toward Long Island City or Penn Station
 Main Line Floral Park
toward Greenport

History

Bellerose station was originally built in 1898 and rebuilt in the summer of 1909.[3]: 19  It was out of service between December 12–15, 1960, and replaced with a third station between 1960 and 1961.[4] Until 1960, the station had a platform on each side of the four-track Main Line, though almost all trains that stopped ran to and from Hempstead. As part of the grade crossing elimination the junction of Main Line and Hempstead Branch was moved west of Bellerose. The two lines remain closely parallel between Jamaica and Floral Park. The platform was placed between the two Hempstead Branch tracks.

Station layout

The station has one eight-car-long high-level island platform serving the two southern tracks. Main Line trains (the Port Jefferson, Oyster Bay, Ronkonkoma, and Branches) bypass the station using the three northern tracks while Hempstead Branch trains use the two southern tracks. The station is served by the Q36 and the n24 bus routes at Jericho Turnpike, and local taxis do stop here.

P Platform level Track 3 ←      Main Line services do not stop here →
Track 1 ←      Main Line services do not stop here →
Track 2 ←      Hempstead Branch toward Grand Central Madison, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Queens Village or Elmont)←      Main Line services do not stop here →
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Track 4 ←      Hempstead Branch toward Hempstead (Floral Park) →
G Ground level Entrance/exit and buses

References
  1. Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VII. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  2. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  3. The Long Island Railroad Twenty-Seventh Annual Report For The Year Ending December 31st, 1908. Long Island Railroad Company. 1909.
  4. LIRR station history (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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