| Glen Head | |||||||||||
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Glen Head Station; May 2, 2009 |
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| Address | Glen Head Road & School Street Glen Head, NY |
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| Connections | Nassau Inter-County Express: n27 (four blocks west on Glen Cove Avenue) |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1865 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1888, 1961 | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2006) | 549[1] | ||||||||||
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Glen Head is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Glen Head Road (Glenwood Rd.) and School Street in Glen Head, New York. However, parking is available between Glen Head Road and Locust Avenue on the east side of the tracks and between Glen Head Road and Walnut Avenue on the west side of the tracks.
The village of Glen Head (and the station that serves it) got its name from being the initial terminus "head of the rails" for the Glen Cove Branch from January 23, 1865, to 1867. The station was rebuilt in May 1888, and again midway through 1961.
The station has two 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.
