Glen Head station

Glen Head is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Glen Head Road (Glenwood Road) and School Street in Glen Head, New York. However, parking is available between Glen Head Road and Locust Avenue on the east side of the tracks and between Glen Head Road and Walnut Avenue on the west side of the tracks.

Glen Head
Glen Head station in 2016
General information
LocationGlen Head Road & School Street
Glen Head, NY
Coordinates40.832284°N 73.626128°W / 40.832284; -73.626128
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Oyster Bay Branch
Distance25.4 mi (40.9 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Nassau Inter-County Express: n27
(four blocks west on Glen Cove Avenue)
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone7
History
OpenedJanuary 23, 1865
Rebuilt1888, 1961
Passengers
2006549[2]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Greenvale
toward Penn Station or Long Island City
 Oyster Bay Branch Sea Cliff
toward Oyster Bay

History

The village of Glen Head (and the station that serves it) got its name from being the initial terminus "head of the rails" for the Glen Cove Branch from January 23, 1865, to 1867. In July 1866 the Post Office changed the old name of the town from Cedar Swamp to Greenvale, but in February 1874 made another change to Glenwood. The railroad used the name Glen Head always and this has prevailed.[3]

A new station building was opened in May 1888. It was a two-story red brick structure and contained elaborate gingerbread woodwork along the canopies. It was rebuilt again midway through 1961 with the current one-story cedar-shingled depot.

The station around 1930, with soon-to-be developed land to the east behind it

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long.

References
  1. Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  2. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  3. The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880 Vincent Seyfried Page 203 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
The station interior in 2019
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