St. James station (LIRR)

St. James is a historic station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station is located on Lake Avenue and Railroad Avenue, just south of New York State Route 25A in St. James, Suffolk County, New York.

St. James
St. James Long Island Rail Road station
General information
LocationLake Avenue & Railroad Avenue
St. James, New York
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsNYS Bike Route 25
Construction
ParkingYes; Free and Town of Smithtown permits
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone10
History
Opened1873[1]
Rebuilt1974, 1997
Passengers
2006588[2]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Smithtown
toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Long Island City
 Port Jefferson Branch
diesel service
 Stony Brook
toward Port Jefferson
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
Smithtown
toward Hicksville
 Wading River Branch Flowerfield
toward Wading River
Saint James Railroad Station
St. James station (LIRR) is located in New York
St. James station (LIRR)
St. James station (LIRR) is located in the United States
St. James station (LIRR)
LocationSaint James, New York, USA
Coordinates40°52′59.78″N 73°9′29.35″W
Built1873
ArchitectCalvin L'Hommedieu
Part ofSaint James Historic District (ID73001275)
MPSSaint James District MRA
Added to NRHPJuly 20, 1973[3]

History

St. James station was built in 1873, along the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad in the northern part of the Town of Smithtown. The station house, designed by Calvin L'Hommedieu, remains the second-oldest existing station-house of the Long Island Rail Road, surpassed only by Hewlett station, which was originally built in 1869 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island. When the Flowerfield station to the east was abandoned in 1958, the commuters who previously used that depot at the Gyrodyne Company of America were redirected to the St. James and Stony Brook, New York depots. Until 1964, the station also contained an express house and an outhouse, both of which were demolished along with some trees to make room for an expanded parking lot, much to the chagrin of the community. The station is located within the Saint James District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[4]

The station faced two restoration projects in the MTA era. The first took place in 1974, and the second took place in 1997, when the LIRR installed high-level platforms at the station.

No buses stop at the station. However, local suburban taxicab service is available, and the station serves as a stop along New York State Bicycle Route 25.[5] The only modifications to the depot in recent years have been to make the station more accessible to the disabled.

Station layout

This station has one 12-car-long high-level side platform north of the track.

Side platform, doors will open on the left or right Disabled access
Track 1 ←      Port Jefferson Branch toward Huntington, Grand Central Madison, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Smithtown)
←      Port Jefferson Branch toward Port Jefferson (Stony Brook) →
  • St. James station looking west from Lake Avenue South crossing
    St. James station looking west from Lake Avenue South crossing
  • Interior of the station
    Interior of the station
  • St. James station war memorial, sponsored by the American Legion
    St. James station war memorial, sponsored by the American Legion
  • Westbound train leaving the station
    Westbound train leaving the station

References
  1. Port Jefferson Branch Stations (Unofficial LIRR History Website)[Usurped!]
  2. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  3. National Register of Historic Places Listings; October 2, 1986
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. "Long Island Bike Map". New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 24, 2011.

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