Mineola (LIRR station)

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Mineola

Mineola Station, where a long-standing sign company welcomes commuters to the Village of Mineola.
Station statistics
Address Front Street & Mineola Boulevard
Mineola, NY
Lines Oyster Bay Line;
Oyster Bay Branch

Main Line;
Ronkonkoma Branch
Port Jefferson Branch
Montauk Branch
Connections MTA Long Island Bus
All Island Transportation
Platforms 2
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened 1837
Rebuilt 1872, 1883, 1923, 2001
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 4
Formerly Branch, Hempstead Branch

Mineola is a train station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in Mineola, New York. All trains for the Port Jefferson Branch, Ronkonkoma Branch, and Oyster Bay Branch services run through this station, and also a few on the Montauk Branch. It is located at Front Street and Mineola Boulevard. The station is wheelchair accessible and has a crossover and a grade crossing for pedestrians at the east end. There are two side platforms, though the south platform is configured to accommodate an island platform if a third track on the Main Line is constructed. A smaller enclosed second shelter exists on the opposite side of the main station house.


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[edit] History

Mineola Station was originally built in 1837 as "Branch Station," then later renamed "Hempstead Branch Station" when the Long Island Railroad was expanded to Hicksville. The station was renovated in June, 1872, but a second depot was built between May & June 1883. This station was razed in 1923 and the third one was relocated on September 22, 1923. A reonstruction project took place in 2001.

With its connection to the Oyster Bay Branch, Mineola station has always been a major railroad junction, but even moreso in the 19th, and much of the 20th Century. On the south side of the station a wye existed between the power sub-station for a line that connected the West Hempstead Branch with the Oyster Bay Branch. Sometimes referred to as the Garden City Branch, the east branch of this wye began at Third Street then crossed Main Street, then the main line itself before connecting with the Oyster Bay Branch until it was eliminated in 1928. The rest of the line was eliminated in 1966.

[edit] Mineola Intermodal Center

MTA Long Island Bus operates bus service to the Mineola Intermodal Center on the south side of the station. Prior to the opening of the intermodal center on October 16, 2006, bus stops were located at 3rd Street, a block away from the station. Seven MTA Long Island Bus routes stop there, as well as local Taxicab services.

[edit] MTA Long Island Bus Connections

  • N22: Hicksville-Jamaica.
  • N23: Mineola-Manorhaven.
  • N24: Roosevelt Field/Mitchel Field/East Meadow-Jamaica.
  • N40: Freeport-Mineola.
  • N41: Freeport-Mineola.
  • N78: Mineola-Plainview.
  • N79: Mineola-Walt Whitman Mall.

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Preceding station   Long Island Rail Road   Following station
toward New York terminals
Main Line
(Port Jefferson Branch)
(also Ronkonkoma Branch)
Oyster Bay Branch
toward Oyster Bay
Preceding station   Long Island Rail Road   Following station
toward New York terminals
Montauk Branch
toward Montauk