Glen Cove station
Glen Cove | |||||||||||
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 June 10, 2010 view of Glen Cove station from the same angle as the 1907 post card below. | |||||||||||
| Location | Duck Pond Road & Pearsall Avenue Glen Cove, NY | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′55″N 73°37′01″W / 40.865189°N 73.616976°WCoordinates: 40°51′55″N 73°37′01″W / 40.865189°N 73.616976°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Mid Island Taxi | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1895 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Nassau (1895–June 28, 1911[1]) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 368[2] | ||||||||||
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Glen Cove is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located between Pearsall Avenue and Norfolk Lane north of Duck Pond Road in the city of Glen Cove, New York.
Glen Cove station, (née Nassau), was built in 1895 at the behest of the "Gold Coast" millionaires such as the Pratts and J.P. Morgan who were looking for a more dignified station to disembark. This explains why this station was built roughly a mile from the Glen Street station. The picturesque station has been featured in several movies, including Sabrina,[3] Hello Again, and several commercials. It can be found at the southwest corner of the Nassau Country Club, where maintenance crew members often enter and leave.
No bus access is available for this station (unlike the nearby Glen Street station), however local taxicabs do stop there.
Station layout[]
This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long.
Platform A, side platform 
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| Track 1 | ← Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Glen Street) |
| Track 2 | Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Locust Valley) → |
| Platform B, side platform
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References[]
- ^ "Glen Cove Station Name to be Changed". The Daily Star. June 12, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ Glen Cove: 1954 movie "Sabrina" starring Audrey Hepburn with her dog; David Archive: Dave Morrison (TrainsAreFun)
External links[]
Media related to Glen Cove (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
- June 2006 Photo (Unofficial LIRR History Website)
- Glen Cove (old Nassau) and Glen Street Stations (Sam Berliner III's Victorian Stations of the LIRR)
- Station from Duck Pond Road from Google Maps Street View
- Glen Cove, New York
- Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1895