Albertson (LIRR station)

Albertson
Station statistics
Address I.U. Willets Road & Albertson Avenue
Albertson, NY
Lines
Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n27
(three blocks east on Roslyn Road)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking Yes
Other information
Opened 1875
Accessible
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 7
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 594[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Oyster Bay Branch
toward Oyster Bay

Albertson is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station is on the north side of I.U. Willets Road Albertson Avenue and the Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson, New York. However the parking lot is on the south side of I.U. Willet's Road.

The station was established as far back as 1875, however the former station building only existed between 1913 and 1954.[2]

Platforms and tracks

The station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms, each four cars long. The west platform, next to Track 1, is generally used by southbound or New York City-bound trains. The east platform, next to Track 2, is generally used by northbound or Oyster Bay-bound trains. The Oyster Bay Branch has two tracks here.

References

  1. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ^ LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)

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