Great Neck (LIRR station)

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Great Neck

Overlooking Great Neck Station from across the tracks. Taken December 20, 2007.

Station statistics

Address

Middle Neck Road & Station Plaza @ Great Neck Road
Village of Great Neck, New York

Lines

Port Washington Branch

Connections

MTA Long Island Bus
Great Neck Taxi

Platforms

Tracks

Parking

Yes(Local Permit & Scratch-off Voucher required)

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Other information

Opened

October 27, 1866^[1]

Closed

1883, 1924

Rebuilt

1883, 1893, 1925-1934,

Electrified

October 21, 1913

Accessible

Fare zone

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Great Neck (LIRR station)

Great Neck is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in Great Neck, the first station in the branch (heading from Manhattan) in Nassau County. The station is located at Middle Neck Road and Station Plaza at Great Neck Road, 1/4 mile (0.4 km) North of Northern Boulevard, and is 15.9 miles (25.3 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. From this point on, the line becomes single tracked onto Port Washington.

Great Neck was originally the terminus of the Flushing and North Side Railroad when it was built in 1866. The F&NS was consolidated into the North Shore Railroad in 1874, only to be leased in 1876 by the LIRR who, in 1898, built Long Island's highest railroad bridge to extend the line to Manhasset and Port Washington. In 1924 the station was closed and moved to a new location on February 26, 1925, as a grade elimination project brought the tracks below ground by June 8, 1934. Elevators exist on both sides of the tracks. The wall along the southeastern platform contains an aluminum sculpture by artist David Saunders that was installed in 2001.

1 Service
2 MTA Long Island Bus Connections
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Service

Port Washington Branch trains generally run every 30 minutes in both directions during the daytime. During rush hours, while express service is provided, Great Neck is an express station. Local trains terminate here during rush hours. Trains run every two hours overnight.