Amityville station

Amityville is the westernmost station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Suffolk County, New York. It is located on John Street in Amityville, New York, but the official description of its location is not as precise. The MTA describes the station as being located on John Street between Sunrise Highway (NY 27) and NY 27A west of NY 110. John Street is located between Sterling Place and West Oak Street (Old Sunrise Highway, NY 900D).

Amityville
The southern side of the island platform at the Amityville LIRR station.
Location	John Street between Sterling Place & Oak Street Amityville, New York
Coordinates	40.680263°N 73.420472°W / 40.680263; -73.420472
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: S1, S20, S33, 1A
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	No; accessibility planned
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Opened	1868 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt	1889, 1964, 1968–1973
Electrified	May 20, 1925 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2012—2014)	2,607[1]
Rank	42 of 125
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station Massapequa Park towards Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station Babylon Branch Copiague towards Babylon      Montauk Branch does not stop here

History

Amityville station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th century. It was originally built in 1868 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island, then replaced by a brick station in 1889.[2] From 1890 to 1919, it was a stop for the Huntington Railroad cross-island trolley line, which included a bridge over the tracks on the west side of the station. It was also the terminus of the Amityville Line for of the Babylon Railroad trolley line from 1910 to 1920. When the trolleys were abandoned the cross-island trolley bridge over the tracks became a pedestrian crossover.[3] The station building was completely demolished in 1964 and on October 25, 1968, a temporary station building was opened with high-level side platforms to accommodate the new M1 cars and facilitate the construction of the new grade separated Babylon Branch. The new elevated structure was opened on August 7, 1973. The 1868 station remains standing as a private residence. Amityville is also the site of the first interlocking after the Central Branch splits from the Babylon Branch.

Platform and tracks

The station has one 10-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks. Twelve-car trains will not open doors of the last two cars westbound or first two cars eastbound.

P Platform level	Track 1	←      Montauk Branch does not stop here ←      Babylon Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Massapequa Park)
	Island platform
	Track 2	←      Babylon Branch toward Babylon (Copiague) → ←      Montauk Branch does not stop here →
G	Street level	Entrance/exit, station house, parking, buses

References

1. "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 23 August 2016. PDF pp. 15, 198. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020. 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
2. Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
3. Close-up picture of former Amityville Trolley Bridge in 1964, by Bradford G. Phillips (TrainsAreFun.com)

External links

• Amityville – LIRR

• Amityville LIRR timetable

• Two Former Amityville Stations (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Amityville Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
• Burch Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• AMITYVILLE Interlocking (The LIRR Today)