Bay Shore (LIRR station)

Bay Shore

Looking west at Bay Shore Station's two station houses. Taken May 17, 2008.
Station statistics
Address Railroad Plaza @ Park Avenue & Oak Street
Bay Shore, New York
Lines
  Montauk Branch
Connections Suffolk County Transit: S40, S41, S42, S45, 2A, 2B
David Brothers Taxi
Fire Island Ferries
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking Yes; Free
Other information
Opened May 20, 1868 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt 1882, 1912
Accessible
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 10
Formerly Pentaquit (May–July 1868)[1]
Bayshore (1868-????)
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 1,622[2]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Montauk Branch
toward Montauk

Bay Shore is a major railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), on Park Avenue and Oak Street north of Suffolk CR 50 (Union Boulevard) and west of Fourth Avenue, in Bay Shore, New York.

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History

Bay Shore Station was built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on May 20, 1868 as Pentaquit Station only to be renamed Bayshore Station in July 1868. It was replaced in 1882 and replaced again on July 17, 1912, in the style typical of stations such as Riverhead, Manhasset, Northport, and Mineola. High-level platforms were added in 1984. The entrance to the station once had decorative pillars on the sides,[3] and a railroad hotel once existed behind the station plaza.[4] It is one of the few stations on the LIRR with two station buildings. The larger building is for the westbound platform and the smaller one is for the eastbound platform. An underground pedestrian tunnel once connected the two station houses until a pedestrian bridge was built in 2009.

Platforms and tracks

The station has two high-level side platforms each 12 cars long. The north platform next to Track 1 is generally used by westbound trains; the south platform next to Track 2 is generally used by eastbound trains. The Montauk Branch has two tracks here.

References

  1. ^ Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., © 1961
  2. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  3. ^ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 0738511803. http://books.google.com/books?id=20BUDIVc-5AC&pg=PA92. Retrieved 2011-11-25. 
  4. ^ LIRR Trackside Business Photos

External links

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