Lindenhurst station explained

Lindenhurst
Style:Long Island Rail Road
Style2:left aligned version
Address:Wellwood Avenue & Hoffman Avenue
Lindenhurst, New York
Coordinates:40.6882°N -73.3695°W
Line:Montauk Branch
Other: Suffolk County Transit: 10
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Electrified:May 20, 1925
750 V (DC) third rail
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Passengers:3,178[1]
Pass Year:2012 - 2014
Pass Rank:36 of 125
Opened:1867 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt:1902, 1968-1973
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Long Island Rail Road
Zone:9
Former:Wellwood (1867 - 1870)
Breslau (1870 - July 28, 1891[2])
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Lindenhurst is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Wellwood Avenue (Suffolk CR 3) and East Hoffman Avenue (Suffolk CR 12) in Lindenhurst, New York.

History

Lindenhurst station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th Century. It was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on October 28, 1867, as "Wellwood" It was renamed "Breslau" in 1870, after developers Thomas Welwood and Charles S. Schleier renamed the community after their native Breslau in German Empire, then was renamed "Lindenhurst" in 1891.[3] The station burned down suspiciously on January 22, 1901.[4] The second station was built in 1902.

This station was replaced with a temporary station with high-level platforms on October 25, 1968, when construction of the current elevated station was started. The current elevated station was opened on August 7, 1973, and was renovated in the early 2000s, along with much of the rest of the Babylon line. The 1902 station was moved to a private location and restored as a museum in 1971.[5] [6] In 2023, the MTA agreed to make the Amityville, Copiague and Lindenhurst stations wheelchair-accessible to settle a lawsuit.[7] The elevator at Lindenhurst opened on June 28th, 2024.[8] [9]

Station layout

The station has one 10-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.

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, 197. 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.
  2. News: Change of Station Name . July 4, 2018 . The Sentinel . July 23, 1891.
  3. [Vincent F. Seyfried]
  4. News: Railroad Station Burned . May 3, 2021 . The Brooklyn Citizen . January 22, 1901 . 9. Newspapers.com.
  5. http://ny.existingstations.com/archive/927.jpg Old Lindenhurst Station Today (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)
  6. http://www.bradcoweb.com/trains/lindenhurst.htm Lindenhurst Historical Society & Former Railroad Station
  7. Web site: Korb . Priscila . MTA Agrees To Install Elevators At 3 LIRR Train Stations . Lindenhurst, NY Patch . July 29, 2020 . June 30, 2024.
  8. Web site: LIRR adds new elevator at Lindenhurst Station . CBS New York . June 28, 2024 . June 30, 2024.
  9. Web site: Castillo . Alfonso A. . Elevator opens at Lindenhurst LIRR station, part of $169M access plan . Newsday . June 28, 2024 . June 30, 2024.