Lynbrook station

Lynbrook is a Long Island Rail Road commuter train station in Lynbrook, New York. The station is located at the intersection of Sunrise Highway and Peninsula Boulevard and is located on the railroad's Montauk Branch and Long Beach Branch lines and is served by Long Beach Branch trains and select weekday Babylon Branch trains. The station is elevated and is wheelchair accessible through elevator access.

For the railway station in Melbourne, see Lynbrook railway station.
Lynbrook
Lynbrook, as seen in October 2020.
General information
LocationSunrise Highway & Peninsula Boulevard
Village of Lynbrook, New York
Coordinates40.65603°N 73.6758°W / 40.65603; -73.6758
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks2 (Long Beach Branch), 2 (Montauk Branch)
ConnectionsNassau Inter-County Express: n4, n25, n31, n32
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone4[2]
History
OpenedOctober 28, 1867 (1867-10-28) (SSRRLI)[3]
Rebuilt1881, 1920, 1938
ElectrifiedSeptember 8, 1910
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesPearsall's Corners (1867 – April 1875)
Pearsall's (1875 – 1893)[3]
Passengers
2012-149,536[4]
Rank22
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Jamaica
toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal
 Babylon Branch Rockville Centre
toward Babylon
Valley Stream
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
 Long Beach Branch Centre Avenue
toward Long Beach
     Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
Valley Stream
toward Long Island City
 Montauk Division Rockville Centre
toward Montauk
Terminus Long Beach Branch Centre Avenue
toward Long Beach

History

Lynbrook was opened as Pearsall's Corner on October 28, 1867, by the South Side Railroad of Long Island. The name became Pearsall's in April 1875 and later became Lynbrook in 1893. In 1880 the station became the northern terminus of the New York and Long Beach Railroad (NY&LB), a railroad line that was acquired by the LIRR and became the Long Beach Branch in 1904. The "PT Tower" opened alongside the NY&LB, controlled the junction with the Montauk Branch until 1910, when Long Beach Branch tracks were extended to Valley Stream station. The station was rebuilt in 1881, electrified on September 8, 1910, and then remodeled sometime in 1920, only to be razed in 1938 as part of a decades-long grade crossing elimination project along the Montauk and Atlantic branches.

The third and current elevated station is 1,113 feet (339 m) west of its former location and opened on October 18, 1938.[5]

Platforms and tracks

This station has two high-level island platforms. The 12-car north platform is served by Babylon Branch trains, while the 10-car south platform is served by Long Beach Branch trains. The pairs of tracks split just east of the station.

P
Platform level		 Track 1 ←      Montauk Branch does not stop here
←      Babylon Branch toward Grand Central Madison, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Jamaica)
Platform A, island platform Disabled access
Track 2 ←      Babylon Branch toward Wantagh or Babylon (Rockville Centre) →
←      Montauk Branch does not stop here →
Track 3 ←      Long Beach Branch toward Grand Central Madison, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Valley Stream)
Platform B, island platform Disabled access
Track 4 ←      Long Beach Branch toward Long Beach (Centre Avenue) →
G Ground level Entrance/exit, parking, buses

References
  1. Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). pp. IV, VI. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  2. "New Fares — Effective April 21, 2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  3. Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., © 1961
  4. "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report, Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Abt SRBI. August 23, 2016. pp. 204–207.
  5. LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

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