Amityville station

Amityville
The southern side of the island platform at the Amityville LIRR station.
General information
Location	John Street between Sterling Place & Oak Street Amityville, New York
Coordinates	40°40′49″N 73°25′14″W / 40.680263°N 73.420472°W / 40.680263; -73.420472
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: 1, 2, 4, 10 Nassau Inter-County Express: n54, n55, n71 (n71 weekends only)
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No; accessibility planned
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Opened	1868 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt	1889, 1964, 1968–1973
Electrified	May 20, 1925 750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2012—2014	2,607[1]
Rank	42 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Massapequa Park toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal Babylon Branch Copiague toward Babylon      Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Massapequa Park toward Long Island City Montauk Division Copiague toward Montauk

Amityville is the westernmost station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Suffolk County. It is located on John Street in Amityville, New York, but the official description of its location is not as precise. The MTA describes the station as being located on John Street between Sunrise Highway (NY 27) and NY 27A west of NY 110. John Street is located between Sterling Place and West Oak Street (Old Sunrise Highway, NY 900D).

History

Amityville station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th century. It was originally built in 1868 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island, then replaced by a brick station in 1889.^[2] From 1890 to 1919, it was a stop for the Huntington Railroad cross-island trolley line, which included a bridge over the tracks on the west side of the station. It was also the terminus of the Amityville Line for of the Babylon Railroad trolley line from 1910 to 1920. When the trolleys were abandoned the cross-island trolley bridge over the tracks became a pedestrian crossover.^[3] The station building was completely demolished in 1964 and on October 25, 1968, a temporary station building was opened with high-level side platforms to accommodate the new M1 cars and facilitate the construction of the new grade separated Babylon Branch. The new elevated structure was opened on August 7, 1973. The 1868 station remains standing as a private residence. Amityville is also the site of the first interlocking after the Central Branch splits from the Babylon Branch.

Platform and tracks

The station has one 10-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks. Twelve-car trains will not open doors of the last two cars westbound or first two cars eastbound. Starting in late 2023, along with Lindenhurst, Copiague, and Massapequa Park, work will begin to add an elevator and make other improvements to make the station ADA-compliant.

References

External links

• Amityville – LIRR
• Amityville LIRR timetable
• Two Former Amityville Stations (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Amityville Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
• Burch Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• AMITYVILLE Interlocking (The LIRR Today)

This page was last edited on 6 December 2023, at 08:29