Cold Spring Harbor station
Cold Spring Harbor is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Jefferson Branch at West Pulaski Road and East Gate Drive, just south of Woodbury Road in West Hills, New York. It is the westernmost station along the Port Jefferson Branch in Suffolk County. This train station is located in the South Huntington Union Free School District, and serves the hamlets of Cold Spring Harbor and West Hills in the town of Huntington.
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Cold Spring Harbor station | |||||||||||
Location | West Pulaski Road & East Gate Drive West Hills, New York | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.835056°N 73.451611°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | NYS Bike Route 25A[1] | ||||||||||
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Parking | Yes; Town of Huntington residential permits | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes; Bike Racks and Lockers | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 9 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1901 or 1902 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1948 | ||||||||||
Electrified | October 19, 1970 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
Previous names | Woodbury (1875–1880) | ||||||||||
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Passengers (2006) | 4,166[2] | ||||||||||
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History
A station was built in Nassau (then Queens) County in December 1875 in Woodbury as "Woodbury station", as an extension of the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad. It was renamed "Cold Spring station" on October 15, 1880,[3] when the southern part of Laurel Hollow, New York was still known as Cold Spring. Sometime between 1901 and 1902 it was moved east to the now Cold Springs Hills community of the hamlet of West Hills, New York and took its current name of Cold Spring Harbor name. The station was razed then rebuilt in 1948.[4] In 1970 the station was electrified, along with the rest of the Port Jefferson Branch between Mineola and Huntington stations.[5] Since 2007, the station has served as the western terminus of New York State Bicycle Route 25A.
Station layout
The station has two high-level side platforms. Platform A is 12 cars long and Platform B is eight cars long. One inbound morning train and three outbound evening trains stop at the opposite platform.
M | Mezzanine | Crossover between platforms |
P Platform level |
Ground level | Entrance/exit, parking, buses |
Platform A, side platform | ||
Track 1 | ← Port Jefferson Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Syosset) | |
Track 2 | Port Jefferson Branch toward Huntington or Port Jefferson (Huntington) → | |
Platform B, side platform |
References
- State Bike Route 25A (Bicycling in New York; NYSDOT)
- Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- Long Island Rail Road: General Order Number 90 (TrainsAreFun.com)
- LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
- Bamberger, Werner (October 20, 1970). "Change at Jamaica Is Only a Memory For 12,000 Riders". The New York Times. p. 88. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
External links
- Hicksville & Cold Spring Harbor Branch Map; 1855 (Arrt's Arrchives)
- Cold Spring Harbor LIRR station (The Subway Nut)
- Unofficial LIRR History Website