Murray Hill station (LIRR) explained

Murray Hill
Style:Long Island Rail Road
Style2:Murray Hill red
Address:150th Street and 41st Avenue
Murray Hill, Queens, New York
Coordinates:40.7627°N -73.8144°W
Line:Port Washington Branch
Distance:8.4miles from [1]
Other: NYCT Bus:
Nassau Inter-County Express:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Bicycle:Yes
Passengers:1,203[2]
Pass Year:2012 - 2014
Pass Rank:70 of 125
Opened:1889
Closed:1912
Rebuilt:1914, 1991 - 1993, 2005, 2019 - 2020
Electrified:October 21, 1913
750 V (DC) third rail
Accessible:Yes
Code:MHL
Owned:Long Island Rail Road
Zone:3
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Murray Hill is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in the Murray Hill section of Flushing, in Queens, New York City. The station is part of CityTicket. The station is located beneath 150th Street and 41st Avenue, just south of Roosevelt Avenue.

History

Murray Hill station was originally built in April 1889, and torn down in 1912 when the Port Washington Branch was depressed below grade in this area during a grade crossing elimination project, which took place between 1912 and 1914.[3] The station house was replaced in July 1914 with one built on a bridge built over the tracks.[4] This structure was torn down in 1964, and Murray Hill continues to operate as an unmanned station to this day. Minor renovations took place between 1991 and 1993. A new pedestrian bridge as well as other amenities were added in 2005. Two elevators were opened by May 4, 2020.[5] [6] [7] [8] The elevators were originally slated for completion in 2019, but were delayed to mid-2020 due to delays in the delivery of elevator cabs.[9]

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long. The first four cars toward Manhattan and the last four cars toward Great Neck and Port Washington will platform at the station.

GGround levelExit/entrance, crossover, buses
P
Platform level
Platform A, side platform
Track 1← toward or
Track 2 toward or
Platform B, side platform

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TIMETABLE No. 4 . Long Island Rail Road . May 14, 2012 . August 6, 2022 . VI.
  2. 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, 198. 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 ... Murray Hill.
  3. Web site: LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) . April 1, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170526225709/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm . May 26, 2017 . dead .
  4. http://forgotten-ny.com/2002/05/port-washington-branch-part-1-winfield-elmhurst-to-broadway/pwmurray1/ 1950s photo of 1914-64 Overpass Station House (Forgotten New York.com)
  5. Web site: Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting March 2020. March 25, 2020. mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 2, 2020. 92.
  6. Web site: MTA COMPLETES UPGRADE AND RENEWAL OF MURRAY HILL LIRR STATION . 2023-12-13 . apps.cio.ny.gov.
  7. Web site: 2020-05-05 . New York MTA completes upgrade and renewal of Murray Hill LIRR Station . 2023-12-13 . Mass Transit.
  8. Web site: Murray Hill Station – New Elevators . 2023-12-13 . A Modern LI . en-US.
  9. Web site: Two new elevators coming to Flushing's Murray Hill LIRR station in 2019. Monteverdi. Suzanne. February 8, 2018. QNS.com. August 9, 2018.