Islip (LIRR station)

This article is about a railroad station on Long Island, New York. For the station in Islip, Oxfordshire, England, see Islip railway station.
Not to be confused with Central Islip (LIRR station).
Islip

Islip Station House as seen from the eastbound platform
Location Islip Avenue (NY 111) & Moffitt Boulevard
Islip, New York
Coordinates 40°44′10″N 73°12′32″W / 40.736°N 73.209°WCoordinates: 40°44′10″N 73°12′32″W / 40.736°N 73.209°W
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Suffolk County Transit: S42
Construction
Parking Yes (free)
Bicycle facilities Yes (bike rack)
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 10
History
Opened 1868 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt 1881, 1963, 1997
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 820[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Montauk Branch
toward Montauk

Islip Station is a station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, off NY 111 (Islip Avenue) and Nassau Avenue, north of Suffolk CR 50 (Union Boulevard), and south of Moffitt Boulevard in Islip, New York, but the official description of its location isn't as precise. The MTA describes the station as being located at the same address, but also between Sunrise Highway (NY 27) and NY 27A, and does not include Nassau Avenue. Full Service and Daily Ticket Machines are on the north side of the station building.

History

Islip Station was originally built as a South Side Railroad of Long Island Depot in 1868. A second depot was built in 1881, then razed in 1963. A third depot was built the same year, and remodeled in 1997.[2] At the west end of the platforms is an at-grade pedestrian crossing with signals but no gates. This crossing is in line with where Williams Avenue used to cross the tracks and intersect with Nassau Avenue. Though the station is neither listed under the National Register of Historic Places, nor a New York State Historic Landmark, it is considered a landmark by the Historical Society of Islip Hamlet.

Islip Centre station

West of Islip Station, the South Side Railroad of Long Island (SSRRLI), once had an additional station called Islip Centre Station. LIRR timetables from 1869 indicate it was at or near Brentwood Road,[3] 1.5 miles east of the Bay Shore station.[4] The station may have been used for members if the olympic boat club. Islip Centre Station was abandoned around May 1870.[5]

Platforms and tracks

1 ■Montauk Branch toward New York (Bay Shore)
2 ■Montauk Branch toward Montauk (Great River)

The station has two offset high-level side platforms each four 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.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ↑ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 94. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  3. ↑ WikiSource.org, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., by Vincent F. Seyfried (1961)
  4. ↑ Arrt's Archives, LIRR Timetable from 1869
  5. ↑ LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)

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