Port Washington (LIRR station)

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Port Washington
Port Washington Station from the end of Herbert Avenue at Main Street, December 20, 2007.
Station statistics
Address	Main Street Port Washington, NY, 11050
Lines	Port Washington Branch
Connections	MTA Long Island Bus Deluxe Taxi
Platforms	3
Parking	Yes; Residential permits required
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	June 23, 1898
Rebuilt	1930, 1998
Electrified	October 21, 1913[1]
Accessible
Fare zone	4

Port Washington is the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in Port Washington, New York. The station is located on Main Street, between Haven Avenue and South Bayles Avenue, just West of Middle Neck Road, and is 19.9 miles (32 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. Pedestrain bridges between the platforms are in line with Franklin Avenue and Bayview Avenue, both of which end Haven Avenue.

Port Washington Station was recommended to Austin Corbin by a group of Port Washington residents in 1895, after a failed attempt to extend the branch between Great Neck and Roslyn in 1882. The station was originally built on June 23, 1898, electrified in 1913, and remodeled in 1930, and again in 1998 upon the station's 100th Anniversary.^[2]

[edit] MTA Long Island Bus Connections

• N23: Mineola-Manorhaven

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• LIRR station information for Port Washington
• Unofficial LIRR History Website Photos
  • July 1999 Photo
  • December 2006 Photos
    • Tracks 4 & 3 and Station House from the end of the platforms
    • View from the corner of Main Street and Haven Avenue,
    • Station House and Bicycle Racks near the Historic Port Washington Directory
    • Franklin Avenue pedestrian bridge over storage tracks
    • View of Willowdale Avenue Bridge
    • Station view from Pedestrian Bridges between Platforms

Preceding station		Long Island Rail Road		Following station
Plandome toward Penn Station		Port Washington Branch		Terminus