Albertson | |||||||||||
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Address | I.U. Willets Road & Albertson Avenue Albertson, NY |
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Connections | Nassau Inter-County Express: n27 (three blocks east on Roslyn Road) |
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1875 | ||||||||||
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Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||
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Passengers (2006) | 594[1] | ||||||||||
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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]
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.