Port Washington station

Port Washington
The Port Washington LIRR terminal's station house, as seen from Main Street on June 6, 2021.
Location	Main Street, between Haven & South Bayles Avenues Port Washington, New York
Coordinates	40°49′46″N 73°41′14″W / 40.829349°N 73.68733°W / 40.829349; -73.68733Coordinates: 40°49′46″N 73°41′14″W / 40.829349°N 73.68733°W / 40.829349; -73.68733
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	8
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express: n23
Construction
Parking	Yes (residential permits required)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	June 23, 1898
Rebuilt	1930, 1998
Electrified	October 21, 1913[1] 750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2012—2014	7,459[2]
Rank	13 of 125
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station Plandome towards Penn Station Port Washington Branch Terminus

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 Middle Neck Road, and is 19.9 miles (32 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. Pedestrian bridges between the platforms are in line with Franklin Avenue and Bayview Avenue, both of which end at Haven Avenue.

History[]

Port Washington station was recommended to Austin Corbin by a group of Port Washington residents in 1895, after a failed attempt to extend the branch 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 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. It was electrified in 1913, and remodeled in 1930, and again in 1998 upon the station's 100th Anniversary.^[3]

Station layout[]

A train on Track 3, as seen from the end of the station closest to Main Street.

This station has two 10-car long island platforms serving four tracks. The remaining tracks make up the Port Washington Yard and are used for train storage. In order to allow for increased service via the line to Grand Central Terminal once East Side Access is completed, two existing tracks in the yard will be extended to accommodate two additional ten-car trains. Work began in January 2018, and was scheduled to be completed by December 2020.^[4]

M	Mezzanine	Crossover between platforms and parking structure
Ground/platform level Station house and buses	Track 1	← Storage track
	Track 2	←      Port Washington Branch toward Penn Station (Plandome)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 3	←      Port Washington Branch toward Penn Station (Plandome)
	Track 4	←      Port Washington Branch toward Penn Station (Plandome)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 5	←      Port Washington Branch toward Penn Station (Plandome)
	Track 6	← Storage track
	Track 7	← Storage track
	Track 8	← Storage track

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Port Washington (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Port Washington – LIRR

• Port Washington LIRR timetable

• Unofficial LIRR History Website Photos
  • July 1999 Photo
  • December 2006 Photos
    • Tracks 4 & 3 and Station House from the end of the platforms
    • Station House and Bicycle Racks near the Historic Port Washington Directory
    • Franklin Avenue pedestrian bridge over storage tracks
    • View of Willowdale Avenue Bridge
    • Station view from Pedestrian Bridges between Platforms
• Port Washington Yard Reconfiguration (The LIRR Today)
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View
• Waiting Room from Google Maps Street View