St. Albans station (LIRR) explained

St Albans
Style:Long Island Rail Road
Style2:left aligned version
Address:Linden Boulevard and Montauk Place
St. Albans, Queens, New York
Coordinates:40.6911°N -73.7654°W
Line:Montauk Branch
Distance:11.8miles from [1]
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Other: NYCT Bus:
Opened:July 1, 1898[2]
Rebuilt:1935
Electrified:May 21, 1925
750 V (DC) third rail
Accessible:No; accessibility planned
Owned:Long Island Rail Road
Zone:3
Former:Locust Avenue
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Passengers:461[3]
Pass Year:2012 - 2014
Pass Rank:99 of 125
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

St. Albans is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch in St. Albans, Queens, New York on the southwest corner of Linden Boulevard and Montauk Place, although the segment of Montauk Place that once intersected with Linden Boulevard has been abandoned and fenced off.

History

In 1872, the LIRR's Cedarhurst Cut-off was built through the area, but no stop appears here on the first timetables.[4] Saint Albans Station was built on July 1, 1898, and originally appeared on maps with the name of Locust Avenue (the same name as the station at the other end of what is now called Baisley Boulevard).[5] The station was razed in 1935 as part of a grade elimination project.[6] The current elevated structure was opened either on October 22 or October 23, 1935.

On May 21, 1973, the LIRR announced plans to significantly reduce service at Union Hall Street, Springfield Gardens, and St. Albans, with only a few trains stopping during rush hours. At St. Albans, service was limited to four westbound trains in the morning between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., and four eastbound trains in the evening between 5 p.m. and 6:45 p.m..[7]

Station layout

This station has one narrow six-car-long island platform between the two tracks with two entrances. The north staircase goes down to the south side of Linden Boulevard between Newburg and 180th Street while the south staircase goes down to a short tunnel leading to the dead-end street of Foch Boulevard.

P
Platform level
Track 1← does not stop here
← toward,, or
← does not stop here
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Track 2 does not stop here →
toward
does not stop here →
GGround levelEntrance/exit, parking, buses

Service

Service to the station is provided by hourly West Hempstead Branch trains.

References

  1. Web site: TIMETABLE No. 4 . Long Island Rail Road . May 14, 2012 . August 4, 2022 . IV.
  2. http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm Long Island Railroad Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: Cedarhusrt Cutoff . Arrt's Arrchives.
  5. Web site: 1898 map showing Locust Ave station in St. Albans on the Rockaway Branch of the LIRR . https://web.archive.org/web/20020301080357/http://lirrhistory.com/oct2001/1898map.jpg . usurped . March 1, 2002 . JPG. (Locust Avenue is now called Baisley Boulevard)
  6. Web site: St.Albans Station photos. (Schedule on this page indicates trains stopped as early as 1897)
  7. News: May 20, 1973. LIRR Lists Schedule Changes. Newsday. Hempstead, New York. July 15, 2021.

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