Lindenhurst station

Lindenhurst is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Wellwood Avenue (Suffolk CR 3) and East Hoffman Avenue (Suffolk CR 12) in Lindenhurst, New York.

Lindenhurst
A westbound train arriving at Lindenhurst
General information
LocationWellwood Avenue & Hoffman Avenue
Lindenhurst, New York
Coordinates40.688243°N 73.369242°W / 40.688243; -73.369242
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Montauk Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Suffolk County Transit: S20
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo; accessibility planned
Other information
Fare zone9
History
Opened1867 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt1902, 1968-1973
ElectrifiedMay 20, 1925
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesWellwood (1867–1870)
Breslau (1870–July 28, 1891[1])
Passengers
2012—20143,178[2]
Rank36 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Copiague
toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal
 Babylon Branch Babylon
Terminus
     Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
Copiague
toward Long Island City
 Montauk Division Babylon
toward Montauk

History

Lindenhurst station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th Century. It was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on October 28, 1867, as "Wellwood" It was renamed "Breslau" in 1870, after developers Thomas Welwood and Charles S. Schleier renamed the community after their native Breslau in German Empire, then was renamed "Lindenhurst" in 1891.[3] The station burned down suspiciously on January 22, 1901.[4] The second station was built in 1902.

This station was replaced with a temporary station with high-level platforms on October 25, 1968, when construction of the current elevated station was started. The current elevated station was opened on August 7, 1973, and was renovated in the early 2000s, along with much of the rest of the Babylon line. The 1902 station was moved to a private location and restored as a museum in 1971.[5][6] Starting in late 2023, along with Lindenhurst, Copiague, and Massapequa Park, work will begin to add an elevator and make other improvements to make the station ADA-compliant.

Station layout

The station has one 10-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.

References
  1. "Change of Station Name". The Sentinel. July 23, 1891. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  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. Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., 1961
  4. "Railroad Station Burned". The Brooklyn Citizen. January 22, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. Old Lindenhurst Station Today (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)
  6. Lindenhurst Historical Society & Former Railroad Station
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