List of Long Island Rail Road stations

Schematic diagram of Long Island Rail Road services and stations

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is a commuter railway system serving all four counties of Long Island, with one station in the Manhattan borough of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. Its operator is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York. Serving 301,763 passengers per day as of 2007^[1] and 88.5 million riders for the year of 2008,^[2] it is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States. With 324 passenger route-miles,^[3] it spans Long Island from Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn to Montauk station at the tip of the southern fork. Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan is the actual westernmost station of the Long Island Rail Road and its busiest station.

The system currently has 124 stations on eleven rail lines called "branches".^[1][4] (Not included in this count are two additional stations that serve employees of the LIRR: Hillside Facility and Boland's Landing). Two stations are open seasonally: Belmont Park and Mets–Willets Point; in addition, the Pinelawn station exclusively serves cemeteries in its area and is thus served during daytime hours. Hunterspoint Avenue and Long Island City are open only on weekdays. The six stations on the Main Line east of Ronkonkoma get very limited week-round trains, and are often used for recreation rather than commuting. Jamaica is a major transfer station between branches, as it provides the interchange from the eastern Long Island stations to the western New York terminals and vice versa. Other inter-branch transfer stations include Woodside, Mineola, Hicksville, Valley Stream, Lynbrook and Babylon. The Huntington, Ronkonkoma and Babylon stations provide transfers between electric train service and diesel train service within their respective branches, the Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma/Greenport and Babylon/Montauk branches.

Lines[]

This list shows the western and eastern terminals of each LIRR service. There are 10 total services, plus one additional seasonal service (the Belmont Park Branch). Jamaica and the two employees-only stations are not included in the station counts below.

Trunk Lines[]

The LIRR has three trunk lines; each branch begins eastbound trips out of New York City via one of these lines.

Station types and designs[]

The Long Island Rail Road has four types of station designs:

• Ground level (most common, platforms accessible via ramps and/or staircases)
• Elevated (all Babylon Branch stations and select others)
• Open-cut (select Port Washington Branch stations)
• Underground (only Penn Station, Atlantic Terminal, and the future Grand Central terminal)

• The Various Station Types Across the LIRR Network:
• 

  Roslyn is an example of a ground level LIRR station.

• 

  Babylon is an example of an elevated LIRR station.

• 

  Bayside is an example of an open-cut LIRR station.

• 

  Penn Station is an example of an underground LIRR station.

Additionally, some stations have station houses ("staffed", if open), whereas others do not ("unstaffed", if there is none or if the office is closed).^[7] Some stations with station houses have ticketing offices open either part-time or full-time - whereas others don't have open ones, and some stations that lack station houses used to have them but were razed.^[7][8]

Station house designs[]

The LIRR has an amalgam of different station house designs across its system. Many station houses built during the same time period (e.g. Mineola and Manhasset; 1920s), or as part of the same project (e.g. Central Islip and Deer Park; 1987 Hicksville-Ronkonkoma electrification project), share similar or identical designs.

• LIRR station houses of similar designs
• 

  Mineola's station house

• 

  Manhasset's station house.

• 

  Deer Park's station house, as seen prior to its 2010s modernization

• 

  Central Islip's station house.

Platform lengths[]

Platform lengths across the system vary from anywhere between 1+1⁄2 train cars (only found at a handful of stations in diesel territory) to 14 cars; most stations in the system feature platforms long enough for 10-12 railcars (C3, M3, M7, or M9), each of which are about 85 feet (26 m) long.^[9][10]

Below are a sample of various stations with different platform lengths throughout the system:^[9][10]

• Glen Street, located on the Oyster Bay Branch, has two side platforms, each 1+1⁄2-cars-long.
• Pinelawn, located on the Ronkonkoma Branch, has two side platforms, each 2-cars-long.
• Westwood, located on the West Hempstead Branch, has one side platform, which is 4-cars-long.
• Hampton Bays, located on the Montauk Branch, has one side platform, which is 6-cars-long.
• Hempstead, the terminus of the Hempstead Branch, has two sets of island platforms, each 8-cars-long.
• Woodmere, located on the Far Rockaway Branch, has two side platforms, each 10-cars-long.
• Northport, located on the Port Jefferson Branch, has one side platform, which is 12-cars-long.
• Bellmore, located on the Babylon Branch, has one island platform, which is 14-cars-long.

Historical preservation of stations[]

The NRHP plaque for the Sea Cliff station house.

Five LIRR stations are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Sea Cliff, Oyster Bay, Farmingdale, Greenport and East Hampton. The St. James and Southampton stations are contributing properties to NRHP districts. Other stations that are not on the list are often cherished by local communities and treated as landmarks, such as Islip, Northport, Glen Street, and Great Neck. Roslyn, Glen Cove, and Locust Valley are other stations on the Oyster Bay Branch that are historic. Efforts to save the original East Williston station house in 2004 were unsuccessful when the structure was found to be too unstable, while the demolition of Amagansett's in 1965 brought public outcry throughout the Hamptons as well as among local railfans that has lasted for decades.^[11][12][8]

The St. James station house, built in 1873, is the oldest such building constructed by the LIRR that remains standing. Hewlett's station house is older, but it was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1870. On the West Hempstead Branch, Malverne's station house is the only one originally built during the first two decades of the 20th century, although it is not recognized as a historic landmark. The elaborate Forest Hills station house was one of the few to avoid modernization during the mid-to-late 20th century and has retained the original grand decorative construction. When the Babylon Branch was elevated in the post-WWII era, former station houses in Wantagh and Lindenhurst were moved away from the tracks. The former Wantagh station was transformed into a museum, and also listed on the NRHP.

List of stations[]

This list contains all stations currently open on the Long Island Rail Road, including seasonal-use stations. Lines with colored boxes indicate branches which serve the station, while lines in parentheses indicate the physical line the station is located on, if applicable. For example, Amityville is physically located on the Montauk Branch but is served by Babylon Branch trains and only appears in the latter timetable.

	Station is accessible by wheelchair[13]
‡	Station meets all ADA accessibility requirements[13]
	Station does not meet ADA accessibility requirements[13]

Name	Line	County	Opened		Fare Zone	Former/other names
Albertson	Oyster Bay Branch	Nassau	1875		7
Amagansett	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1895		14
Amityville	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Suffolk	1867		9
Atlantic Terminal	City Terminal Zone (Atlantic Branch)	Brooklyn	1877	‡	1	Brooklyn Flatbush Avenue (former name)
Auburndale	Port Washington Branch	Queens	1901		3
Babylon	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Suffolk	1867	‡	9	Seaside (July 1868 – 1869)
Baldwin	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Nassau	1867		7	Baldwinsville Baldwins
Bay Shore	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1868		10	Pentaquit (1868) Bayshore (1868-????)
Bayside	Port Washington Branch	Queens	1866		3	Bay Side
Bellerose	Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1898		4
Bellmore	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Nassau	1870		7
Bellport	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1882		12
Belmont Park	Belmont Park Branch	Queens	1905		4
Bethpage	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Nassau	1854		7	Jerusalem Station (1854–1936) Central Park (1867–1936)
Boland's Landing	City Terminal Zone (Atlantic Branch)	Queens	1886		N/A
Brentwood	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1870		10
Bridgehampton	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1870		14
Broadway	Port Washington Branch	Queens	1866		3
Carle Place	Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line)	Nassau	1842		7	Carll Place
Cedarhurst	Far Rockaway Branch	Nassau	1869		4
Central Islip	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1873		10
Centre Avenue	Long Beach Branch	Nassau	1898		7
Cold Spring Harbor	Port Jefferson Branch	Suffolk	1875		9
Copiague	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Suffolk	1902		9
Country Life Press	Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1911		4
Deer Park	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1842		9
Douglaston	Port Washington Branch	Queens	1866		3	Little Neck (1866–1870)
East Hampton	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1895		14
East New York	City Terminal Zone (Atlantic Branch)	Brooklyn	1878		1
East Rockaway	Long Beach Branch	Nassau	1880		7
East Williston	Oyster Bay Branch	Nassau	1880		4
Far Rockaway	Far Rockaway Branch	Queens	1869		4
Farmingdale	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Nassau	1841		7
Floral Park	Hempstead Branch (Main Line)	Nassau	1878		4	Stewart Junction (1878–1879) Hinsdale (1879–1887) East Hinsdale (1887–1890)
Flushing–Main Street	Port Washington Branch	Queens	1854		3
Forest Hills	City Terminal Zone (Main Line)	Queens	1906		1
Freeport	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Nassau	1867		7
Garden City	Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1873		4
Gibson	Far Rockaway Branch	Nassau	1928		4
Glen Cove	Oyster Bay Branch	Nassau	1895		7
Glen Head	Oyster Bay Branch	Nassau	1865		7
Glen Street	Oyster Bay Branch	Nassau	1867		7
Great Neck	Port Washington Branch	Nassau	1866	‡	4	Brookdale (1869–1872)
Great River	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1897		10
Greenlawn	Port Jefferson Branch	Suffolk	1870		9
Greenport	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1844		14
Greenvale	Oyster Bay Branch	Nassau	1866		7	Week's Station
Hampton Bays	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1871		14	Good Ground (1869–1922)
Hempstead	Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1873	‡	4
Hempstead Gardens	West Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1893		4
Hewlett	Far Rockaway Branch	Nassau	1869		4	Cedar Grove (July–October 1869) Hewletts (1869-?)
Hicksville	Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line)	Nassau	1837	‡	7
Hillside Facility	City Terminal Zone (Main Line)	Queens	1991		N/A
Hollis	Hempstead Branch (Main Line)	Queens	1885		3
Hunterspoint Avenue	City Terminal Zone (Main Line)	Queens	1860		1
Huntington	Port Jefferson Branch	Suffolk	1867	‡	9
Inwood	Far Rockaway Branch	Nassau	1911		4
Island Park	Long Beach Branch	Nassau	1898		7	The Dykes
Islip	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1868		10
Jamaica	City Terminal Zone (Main Line, Atlantic Branch, Montauk Branch)	Queens	1836	‡	3
Kew Gardens	City Terminal Zone (Main Line)	Queens	1910		1	Kew (1910–1912)
Kings Park	Port Jefferson Branch	Suffolk	1872		10	St. Johnsland (1872–1891)
Lakeview	West Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1924		4
Laurelton	Far Rockaway Branch (Atlantic Branch)	Queens	1907		3
Lawrence	Far Rockaway Branch	Nassau	1869		4
Lindenhurst	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Suffolk	1868		9	Wellwood (1867–1870) Breslau (1870–1891)
Little Neck	Port Washington Branch	Queens	1870		3
Locust Manor	Far Rockaway Branch (Atlantic Branch)	Queens	1869		3	Locust Avenue (1869-1929) Racetrack (1906-1929) Jamaica Racetrack (1929-1959)
Locust Valley	Oyster Bay Branch	Nassau	1869		7
Long Beach	Long Beach Branch	Nassau	1880	‡	7
Long Island City	City Terminal Zone (Main Line, Montauk Branch)	Queens	1854		1
Lynbrook	Long Beach Branch (Montauk Branch)	Nassau	1867	‡	4
Malverne	West Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1913		4
Manhasset	Port Washington Branch	Nassau	1899		4
Massapequa	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Nassau	1867		7
Massapequa Park	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Nassau	1933		7
Mastic–Shirley	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1960		12
Mattituck	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1844		14
Medford	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1844		10
Merillon Avenue	Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line)	Nassau	1912		4	Clowesville (1837–1874) Garden City (1874–1876)
Merrick	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Nassau	1867		7
Mets–Willets Point	Port Washington Branch	Queens	1939		1
Mineola	Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line)	Nassau	1837	‡	4	Branch (1837-?) Hempstead Branch
Montauk	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1907		14
Murray Hill	Port Washington Branch	Queens	1889		3
Nassau Boulevard	Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1907		4
New Hyde Park	Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line)	Nassau	1870		4	Hyde Park
Northport	Port Jefferson Branch	Suffolk	1873	‡	9
Nostrand Avenue	City Terminal Zone (Atlantic Branch)	Brooklyn	1877		1
Oakdale	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1868		10
Oceanside	Long Beach Branch	Nassau	1897		7
Oyster Bay	Oyster Bay Branch	Nassau	1889		7
Patchogue	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1869	‡	10
Penn Station	City Terminal Zone (Northeast Corridor)	Manhattan	1910	‡	1
Pinelawn	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1895		9	Melville (1895–1897) Pinelawn (Melville) (1897–1899) Pinelawn Cemetery (1904-?)
Plandome	Port Washington Branch	Nassau	1909		4
Port Jefferson	Port Jefferson Branch	Suffolk	1873	‡	10
Port Washington	Port Washington Branch	Nassau	1898	‡	4
Queens Village	Hempstead Branch (Main Line)	Queens	1871		3	Inglewood (1871-1879) Queens (1879-1924)
Riverhead	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1870		14
Rockville Centre	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Nassau	1867	‡	7
Ronkonkoma	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1883	‡	10	Lake Ronkonkoma
Rosedale	Far Rockaway Branch (Atlantic Branch)	Queens	1870		3	Foster's Meadow (1870–1892)
Roslyn	Oyster Bay Branch	Nassau	1865		7
St. Albans	West Hempstead Branch (Montauk Branch)	Queens	1898		3	Locust Avenue
St. James	Port Jefferson Branch	Suffolk	1873		10
Sayville	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1868		10
Sea Cliff	Oyster Bay Branch	Nassau	1867		7
Seaford	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Nassau	1899		7
Smithtown	Port Jefferson Branch	Suffolk	1872		10
Southampton	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1871		14
Southold	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1844		14
Speonk	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1870		12	Remsenberg
Stewart Manor	Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1873		4	Hyde Park (1873–1876) Hyde Park Central (1878–1879)
Stony Brook	Port Jefferson Branch	Suffolk	1873		10
Syosset	Port Jefferson Branch	Nassau	1854		7
Valley Stream	Far Rockaway Branch (Atlantic Branch)	Nassau	1869		4
Wantagh	Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch)	Nassau	1867		7
Westbury	Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line)	Nassau	1837		7
Westhampton	Montauk Branch	Suffolk	1870		14
West Hempstead	West Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1928		4
Westwood	West Hempstead Branch	Nassau	1929		4
Woodmere	Far Rockaway Branch	Nassau	1869		4	Wood's Woodsburgh
Woodside	City Terminal Zone (Main Line)      Port Washington Branch	Queens	1869	‡	1
Wyandanch	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1875		9
Yaphank	Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line)	Suffolk	1844		12	Milleville (1845–1846) Millville

Disused and former stations[]

The site of the former Jamesport station.

The former Mill Neck station is now used as the village's post office.

The former Richmond Hill station, which closed in 1998, along with the rest of the Lower Montauk Branch stations, due to low ridership.

The former LIRR Rockaway Park LIRR station was made part of the NYC Subway in 1956, and is now the terminus of the A Train and the Rockaway Shuttle.

These stations are either demolished or existing but not currently in use by the Long Island Rail Road. Several stations of the Rockaway Beach Branch and Far Rockaway Branch were taken over by the New York City Subway as the IND Rockaway Line in 1956.

See also[]

• History of the Long Island Rail Road
• Long Island Rail Road Rolling Stock

References[]

Further reading[]

• Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., © 1961
• Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part Two: The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad, © 1963

External links[]

• LIRR Station History
• Unofficial LIRR History Website