Great River (LIRR station)

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Great River
Station statistics
Address Connetquot Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue
Great River, New York.
Lines
Montauk Branch
Connections Suffolk County Transit
Comfort Ride Taxi
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Parking Yes; Free
Other information
Opened 1897
Rebuilt 1943, 2001
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 10

Great River is a railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Connetquot Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue in Great River, New York.

Great River Station was originally built in 1897 but burned down in 1943. Between that time, a sheltered-platform was added to the other side of the tracks. Sometime after this, an Art Deco station replaced it, but it was burned down in 2000. The third station with high-level platforms was built between 2000-2001. The original shelter, however was restored by the East Islip Historical Society, and remains within one of the parking lots at the station.

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[edit] Club House Station

East of Great River Station, the South Side Railroad of Long Island built a private station called Club House Station in 1869 to serve the South Side Sportsmen's Association This station was located between Mileposts 45 and 46 inside today's Bayard Cutting Arboretum, and was among a number of privately owned stations along the SSRRLI, which weren't so uncommon during the 19th Century. It was closed in 1897.

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Preceding station   Long Island Rail Road   Following station
toward New York terminals
 Montauk Branch
toward Montauk