Cedarhurst station explained

Cedarhurst
Style:Long Island Rail Road
Style2:left aligned version
Coordinates:40.6222°N -73.7261°W
Other: Nassau Inter-County Express:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Passengers:1,744[1]
Pass Year:2006
Opened:1869 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt:1872, 1913
Accessible:yes
Zone:4
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Cedarhurst is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in Cedarhurst, in Nassau County, New York, United States. The station is located at Cedarhurst Avenue and Chestnut Street, one block west of Central Avenue.

History

Cedarhurst station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in July 1869. Three years later, the rival Long Island Rail Road also built its own "Ocean Point Depot" in July 1872 for the former Cedarhurst Cut-Off just northeast of Cedarhurst station[2] After the LIRR acquired the South Side Railroad, both the Ocean Point Depot and the LIRR's depot were abandoned in June 1876. The LIRR's old station was moved to Far Rockaway in August 1881, while the SSRRLI's Ocean Point Depot re-opened in June 1887, then was greatly re-modeled in May 1888. A third Cedarhurst station was built in 1913.

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. http://arrts-arrchives.com/images2/1873coltonnyr.jpg 1873 map of the New York and Rockaway Railroad (Arrt's Arrchives)