Center Moriches (LIRR station)
Center Moriches | ||||||||||||||||
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 Looking towards Montauk at the former Center Moriches LIRR station. Very little remains of the once proud station besides the platform, the parking lot, and a second track. | ||||||||||||||||
| Location |
Railroad Avenue and Hamilton Street Center Moriches, New York | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°48′17.4″N 72°47′22.4″W / 40.804833°N 72.789556°WCoordinates: 40°48′17.4″N 72°47′22.4″W / 40.804833°N 72.789556°W | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1881 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | March 15, 1998 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Moriches (1881-????) | |||||||||||||||
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None (Closed)
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Center Moriches (
i/mʊərˈɪtʃɪz/ mohr-ICH-iz)[1] was a station stop along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It was located on Railroad Avenue and Hamilton Street in Center Moriches, New York.
History
The station was built by the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad, around 1881 as "Moriches Station" after the original Moriches station was renamed for the geographically correct Eastport, New York. At some point the station was renamed as well for the more geographically correct Center Moriches, New York. Until 1906, it was also a terminal with a wye, a small yard, and a transfer point for one of the east end scoots. When East Moriches and Eastport Stations were closed by the Long Island Rail Road on October 6, 1958, commuters who used those stations were advised to use Center Moriches station, thus transforming it into the last railroad station in the Moricheses. The station house was razed in 1964, but continued as a platform. Although a new shelter was built sometime around 1985, it was finally closed on March 16, 1998. This station and a handful of others at the time were closed due to low usage.[2] The station was only serving about 5 riders daily, which did not make it very cost-effective to install high-level platforms to support the then-new C3 Bi-level coaches
References
- ↑ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma. p. 298. ISBN 0806135980. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ Sengupta, Somini (March 15, 1998). "End of the Line for L.I.R.R.'s 10 Loneliest Stops". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-07.