Republic (LIRR station)
Republic | |||||||||||
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| Location |
Broad Hollow Road and Conklin Street Farmingdale, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′25″N 73°25′19″W / 40.740278°N 73.421944°WCoordinates: 40°44′25″N 73°25′19″W / 40.740278°N 73.421944°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | LIRR | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Greenport Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | None | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 9, 1940 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1986 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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None
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Republic was a station stop along the Ronkonkoma Branch for employees of the Fairchild Engine & Airplane Manufacturing Company and the nearby Republic Airport. It opened on December 9, 1940 and was closed in 1986.[1][2]
Discussion has periodically surfaced of reopening the station. As part of the current project to add double track from Farmingdale to Ronkonkoma, the MTA is considering reopening Republic station.[3]
References
- ↑ LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
- ↑ Ain, Stewart (May 11, 2008). "Station Site Envisioned as Village". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
- ↑ "MTA LIRR Double Track Project - Ronkonkoma to Farmingdale (video)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.