Ronkonkoma (LIRR station)

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Ronkonkoma

Ronkonkoma Station, Main Building
Station statistics
Lines
Main Line
(Ronkonkoma Branch)
Greenport Branch
Connections Suffolk County Transit
Colonial Transportation to Long Island MacArthur Airport
Sunset Taxi
Platforms 3 platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 1883
Rebuilt 1986-1997
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 10
Formerly Lake Ronkonkoma
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 1.563 million ▬ 0% (LIRR)
Services
Preceding station   Long Island Rail Road   Following station
toward New York terminals
 Main Line
(Ronkonkoma Branch)
toward Greenport

Ronkonkoma is a major railroad station and transportation hub along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in Ronkonkoma, New York. The station is the eastern terminus of the Ronkonkoma Branch and the western terminus of the Greenport Branch.

The station is located on Lakeland Street or Railroad Avenue North across from the intersection of Hawkins Avenue, and has parking facilities and other amenities that extend beyond the central location. Free parking is available in the lots adjacent to the tracks on the north and south side. One parking garage north of the station was built in 1996 on a former freight spur.[1][2]

Ronkonkoma Station was originally built as Lake Ronkonkoma Station in 1883 as a replacement for the 1843-built Lakeland Station desingned to serve both Lakeland, New York and Ronkonkoma, New York. The station house was burned in 1934 and a temporary rectangular one-story building with a gabled roof was used until September 1937, when the second Ronkonkoma Station was completed.

Since November 16, 1987, it has served as the eastern terminus of the electrification of the Main Line,[3] however stations east of Ronkonkoma have been modified for future electrification. The 1937 station was used for storage until it was razed in 1994 when part of the parking lot was extended westward. The current station was designed by architect Richard Henry Behr. Ronkonkoma Yard is also located east of the station, in close proximity to the former Holbrook Station, which was torn down in 1962[4], and has taken in commuters from the former Holtsville Station since March 16, 1998.

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As a major transportation hub, the station also serves Suffolk County Transit bus routes S57, S59, 6A, 7A. Shuttle buses are also provided to take commuters and travelers to and from Long Island MacArthur Airport, and local taxi services are available as well.

[edit] Gallery

Clock tower with pedestrian bridge to Parking Garage on Lakeland Street(a.k.a. Railroad Avenue North)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ronkonkoma Milepost 48-49; Emery map - October 1957
  2. ^ View Wye North (1978 Photo by Steve Lynch)
  3. ^ LIRR Electrification Project; 1987 (TrainsAreFun.com)
  4. ^ Ronkonkoma/Holbrook Milepost 49-50; Emery map (TrainsAreFun.com)

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