Westbury (LIRR station)

Westbury

Westbury Station on Union Avenue
Station statistics
Address Union Avenue & Post Avenue
Westbury, NY
Lines
  Port Jefferson Branch
  Ronkonkoma Branch
Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n22, n35
(n22/L stops four blocks north on Maple Avenue)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking Yes
Other information
Opened 1837
Rebuilt 1883, 1914, 1972, c. 2001-2005
Electrified 1970
750V (DC) third rail
Accessible
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 7
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 3,903[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Main Line
(Port Jefferson Branch)
(also Ronkonkoma Branch)

Westbury is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line. All trains for the Port Jefferson Branch and Ronkonkoma Branch run through it, though only some trains on the Port Jefferson branch stop (and only a few on the Ronkonoma Branch do). It is located at Union and Post Avenues in Westbury, New York. It is 23.4 miles (37.7 km) from Penn Station. The station is fully wheelchair accessible. It has two side platforms and two tracks.

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History

Westbury station was built sometime in 1837 with the opening of the LIRR to Hicksville. The second station was built between April and June, 1883. The third station was built in 1914, and had a major remodeling around 1972, and another one sometime between 2001 and 2005.[2] In 2000, a woman was stabbed to death in the underpass beneath the tracks.[3]

Platform and track configuration

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long. The north platform, adjacent to Track 1, is generally used by westbound or New York City-bound trains. The south platform, adjacent to Track 2, is generally used by eastbound trains.

The Main Line has two tracks at this location.

Reference

  1. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ^ LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
  3. ^ Robert Gearty (June 15, 2000). "BOYFRIEND CHARGED IN TRAIN STATION SLAY ARGUMENT LEADS TO FATAL STABBING IN WESTBURY". Daily News (New York). http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/ny_local/2000/06/15/2000-06-15_boyfriend_charged_in_train_s.html. Retrieved February 9, 2011. 

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