| Port Washington | |||||||||
| Style: | LIRR | ||||||||
| Address: | Main Street, between Haven & South Bayles Avenues Port Washington, New York | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 40.8293°N -73.6873°W | ||||||||
| Line: | Port Washington Branch | ||||||||
| Distance: | 18.1miles from [1] | ||||||||
| Other: | Nassau Inter-County Express:, Port Washington Shuttle | ||||||||
| Platform: | 2 island platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks: | 8 | ||||||||
| Parking: | Yes (Port Washington Parking District permits required) | ||||||||
| Bicycle: | Yes | ||||||||
| Passengers: | 7,459[2] | ||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2012 - 2014 | ||||||||
| Pass Rank: | 13 of 125 | ||||||||
| Opened: | June 23, 1898 | ||||||||
| Rebuilt: | 1930, 1998 | ||||||||
| Electrified: | October 21, 1913[3] 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||
| Accessible: | yes | ||||||||
| Code: | PWS | ||||||||
| Zone: | 4 | ||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||
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Port Washington is the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in Port Washington, New York. The station is located on Main Street, between Haven Avenue and South Bayles Avenue, just west of Port Washington Boulevard (NY 101), and is 19.9 miles (32 km) from Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan. A pedestrian bridge exists between the platforms, and is in line with Franklin Avenue, ending at Haven Avenue.
The construction of a train station in Port Washington was first recommended to Austin Corbin by a group of Port Washington residents in 1895, after a failed attempt to extend the existing North Side Division between Great Neck and Roslyn in 1882. Efforts to bring rail service to the community actually date back to the days of the Flushing and North Side Railroad which established an unbuilt subsidiary called the "North Shore and Port Washington Railroad" that was dissolved once the F&NS was consolidated into the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad in 1874. The station was originally built on June 23, 1898, by the Great Neck and Port Washington Railroad, an LIRR subsidiary that existed between 1898 and 1902.[4]
The Port Washington Branch was electrified to Port Washington in 1913. The station was remodeled in 1930, and again in 1998 upon the station's 100th Anniversary.[5]
In 1959, the main parking lot at the station was opened by the Port Washington Parking District, with a capacity of 411 cars.[6] Parking capacity for the station more than doubled when the district opened the parking lot. The construction of this parking lot required the Town of North Hempstead and the Long Island Rail Road to make land swaps, and the station's rail freight depot was relocated roughly 0.5miles to make rooms for the improved parking facilities.[7]
In April 2014, a pedestrian bridge connecting the south end of the station with Haven Avenue closed, after pieces of concrete fell off the bridge and onto the tracks.[8] [9] Determined to be structurally-unsound, corroded, and largely damaged beyond repair, the overpass was demolished, and the station's other pedestrian overpass received a temporary, prefabricated extension span to maintain the pedestrian connection between Haven Avenue and the south end of the station.
In 2018, then-New York State Senator Elaine R. Philips secured a $5 million grant to replace the platform canopies at the station.[10]
In order to allow for increased service via the line to Grand Central Terminal, two existing tracks in the Port Washington Yard (located at the station) are planned to be extended. Work was originally scheduled to begin in January 2018 and be completed by December 2020.[11], construction was scheduled to commence between late 2020 and early 2021, with a cost of $500,000.[12] [13] However, the project has been met with significant community opposition, primarily because of the proposed reduction in the number of parking spaces at the station.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] Also, a significant concern is the lack of any guarantee of increased service to the station upon completion of this costly project.[20] In July 2024, the MTA received permission from the North Hempstead town government to examine the feasibility of lengthening the outermost storage tracks.[20] [21]
Station layout| M | Mezzanine | Crossover between platforms and parking lots |
| Ground/platform level Station house, buses, and taxis | Track 1 | ← Storage track |
| Track 2 | ← toward or | |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
| Track 3 | ← toward or | |
| Track 4 | ← toward or | |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
| Track 5 | ← toward or | |
| Track 6 | ← Storage track | |
| Track 7 | ← Storage track | |
| Track 8 | ← Storage track |
The Port Washington Yard is a rail yard in Port Washington, New York, located at the Port Washington Long Island Rail Road station – the terminus of the Port Washington Branch. The yard consists of four tracks – three on the east side of the station and one on the west side. It can accommodate up to 40 train cars at a time.[22]
In order to allow for increased service on the Port Washington Branch, two existing tracks in the Port Washington Yard are planned to be extended. Work was originally scheduled to begin in January 2018 and be completed by December 2020., construction was scheduled to commence between late 2020 and early 2021, with a cost of $500,000. However, the project has been met with significant community opposition – in large part due to the proposed reduction in the number of parking spaces at the station. In September 2022, the MTA and the Town of North Hempstead reached an agreement that the yard expansion is necessary, and that it, therefore, needs to be built. On July 9, 2024, the sides agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which the LIRR would study expanding the yard. At the Town Hall meeting that day (where the MOU was unanimously approved), Assemblywoman Mariann Dalimonte stated in response to a question from a member of the public that she and Supervisor DeSena had expressed the concern as to whether or not there would be any service improvements from this project to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the LIRR. Dalimonte said they asked the MTA to ensure that services would be expanded if the project is completed, but the MTA said they could not guarantee it.[20]