Country Life Press (LIRR station)
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| Country Life Press | ||||||||||||
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| Address | St. James Street South, between Chestnut Street and Damson Street Garden City, NY, |
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| Connections | Garden City Taxi | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||
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| Opened | 1911 | |||||||||||
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| Owned by | MTA | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | |||||||||||
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Country Life Press is one of five Long Island Rail Road stations in the village of Garden City, New York. It serves the Hempstead Branch and is located on Damson Street and St. James Street South in Garden City.
The station was originally opened in 1911 for the sole purpose of serving the Doubleday & McClure Publishing Company.[1] Country Life Press station has some former rights-of-way that led to the West Hempstead Branch and the Oyster Bay Branch. It also included the remnants of the Central Branch of the Long Island Railroad that terminates near Nassau Coliseum.
