Hampton Bays station explained

Hampton Bays
Style:Long Island Rail Road
Style2:left aligned version
Coordinates:40.8765°N -72.5246°W
Other: Suffolk County Transit: 92
(on Montauk Highway)
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes (free)
Bicycle:Yes
Passengers:78[1]
Pass Year:2012 - 2014
Opened:1869
Closed:1873, 1958
Rebuilt:1874, 1913, 1974, 2000 - 01
Accessible:yes
Zone:14
Former:Good Ground (1869 - 1922)[2]
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Hampton Bays is a railroad station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is on Good Ground Road between Springville Road and Suffolk CR 32 (Ponquogue Avenue) in Hampton Bays, New York.

History

The Hampton Bays station was originally built along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch on December 20, 1869[3] [4] (although some sources claim it was in February 1871) as "Good Ground." It was the terminus of the line until summer 1870, when it was extended to Sag Harbor. The station was renamed "Hampton Bays" in June 1922, but the original name can be found along one of the streets on which it is located. The station burned on November 4, 1873. The second station was opened on January 10, 1874 and closed in 1913, but used as an "express house" for the 3rd depot, which opened in summer 1913. The station house was built in the style typical of stations such as Manhasset, Riverhead, Bay Shore, Northport, and Mineola stations,[5] and closed in 1958, but remained a flag stop, then razed sometime around 1964. The station stop was moved 2000feet west on December 26, 1974. When Quogue station was closed on March 16, 1998, Hampton Bays was one of the two stations that replaced it. The other was Westhampton. The existing depot's high-level platforms were added between 1998 and 1999.

Station layout

The station has one six-car-long high-level side platform on the north side of the main track. A siding is on the south side of the main track.

Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Track 1← limited service toward or
limited service toward

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers. 23 August 2016. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190717085537/http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf. 17 July 2019. 29 March 2020. PDF pp. 15, 199. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Hampton Bays.
  2. News: Good Ground Station Now Hampton Bays . December 4, 2019 . . March 19, 1922 . 5. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Suburban Intelligence Long Island . New York Daily Herald . December 20, 1869 . 6 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: PRR Chronology, 1869 .  , June 2004 Edition
  5. http://www.hamptonbaysonline.com/showphoto.php?photosection=skidmore&photo=station1.jpg George Skidmore photograph (Hampton Bays Online)