Mastic–Shirley station explained

Mastic – Shirley
Style:Long Island Rail Road
Style2:left aligned version
Coordinates:40.7989°N -72.8645°W
Other: Suffolk County Transit: 66
Tracks:1
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Passengers:605[1]
Pass Year:2012 - 2014
Pass Rank:91 of 125
Opened:July 7, 1960
Accessible:yes
Zone:12
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

The Mastic–Shirley station is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch in Shirley, New York. This station is reached via William Floyd Parkway. The station has two ticket machines.

History

Mastic–Shirley station was built as a replacement for the former Mastic station (originally Forge station) built in 1882 and located 7010feet east on Mastic Road. Service for the Mastic–Shirley train station began July 7, 1960.[2] [3] The now-unused station house at the original station was torn down a month later.[4] When Center Moriches station was eliminated by the LIRR on March 16, 1998, Mastic–Shirley station was one of two stations recommended for use as a substitute by the patrons of the now-closed station. The other was Speonk station.

Station layout

The station has one four-car-long high-level platform on the south side of the single track.[2] JJD interlocking (formerly MS), a remote-controlled siding where trains can pass each other, is located east of the station.[5]

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

Notable places nearby

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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 ... Mastic-Shirley.
  2. Web site: Mastic–Shirley – (Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch) – The SubwayNut . Cox . Jeremiah . subwaynut.com . July 13, 2022.
  3. News: New Station for Mastic Area . May 21, 1959 . . July 13, 2022.
  4. http://spoonercentral.com/Mastics/Station.html Ken Spooner's Old Mastic Station Website
  5. Web site: LIRR Towers . Keller . Dave . trainsarefun.com . July 13, 2022.