Mastic – Shirley (LIRR station)

Mastic – Shirley

Westbound view from the platform at Mastic-Shirley station towards Babylon, Jamaica, and Penn Station, as well as others in between.
Location William Floyd Parkway & Northern Boulevard
Mastic, New York
Coordinates 40°47′56″N 72°51′52″W / 40.7989°N 72.86454°WCoordinates: 40°47′56″N 72°51′52″W / 40.7989°N 72.86454°W
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Connections Suffolk County Transit: S66, S68, S71, 7D, 7E
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 12
History
Opened July 7, 1960
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 440[1]
Services

Ticket Vending Machines

Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Montauk Branch
toward Montauk
Current and former locations
Bellport station Montauk Branch Center Moriches station

Mastic – Shirley is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch in Shirley, New York. This station is reached via William Floyd Parkway. The station has two ticket machines.

History

Mastic – Shirley Station was built as a replacement for the former Mastic station (originally Forge Station) built in 1882 and located 7,010 feet (2.14 km) east on Mastic Road. Service for the Mastic–Shirley train station began July 7, 1960. The now unused station house at the original station was torn down a month later.[2] When Center Moriches station was eliminated by the LIRR on March 16, 1998, Mastic–Shirley station was one of two stations recommended for use as a substitute by the patrons of the now closed station. The other was Speonk station.

Platform and track

1 ■Montauk Branch toward New York (Bellport)
■Montauk Branch toward Montauk (Speonk)

The station has one four-car-long high-level platform on the south side of the single track.

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ↑ Ken Spooner's Old Mastic Station Website

External links

Media related to Mastic – Shirley (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons