Bay Shore (LIRR station)
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Bay Shore
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| File:Bay Shore 2 LIRR Stations.jpg
Looking west at Bay Shore Station's two station houses in May 2008
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| Location | Railroad Plaza & Park Avenue Bay Shore, New York |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Suffolk County Transit: S40, S41, S42, S45, 2A, 2B |
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| Parking | Yes (free) | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 10 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 20, 1868 (SSRRLI) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1882, 1912 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Pentaquit (May–July 1868)[1] Bay Shore (1868-????) |
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| Passengers (2006) | 1,622[2] | ||||||||||
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Bay Shore is a major railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), on Park Avenue and Oak Street north of Suffolk CR 50 (Union Boulevard) and west of Fourth Avenue, in Bay Shore, New York. Ferries to Fire Island board from a port south of the station.[3]
History
Bay Shore Station was built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on May 20, 1868 as Penataquit Station only to be renamed Bay Shore Station in July 1868. It was replaced in 1882 and replaced again on July 17, 1912, in the style typical of stations such as Riverhead, Manhasset, Northport, and Mineola. The station also had a freight yard nearby.[4] High-level platforms were added in 1984. The entrance to the station once had decorative pillars on the sides,[5] and a railroad hotel once existed behind the station plaza.[6] It is one of the few stations on the LIRR with two station buildings. The larger building was for the westbound platform and the smaller one was for the eastbound platform. An underground pedestrian tunnel once connected the two station houses until a pedestrian bridge was built in 2009. Both station houses still stand, but the smaller one previously used for the eastbound platform was taken over by the MTA. The new overpass brought a renovation project, replacing platform lighting and new platform waiting shelters. There are two large parking lots on each side of the tracks.
Platforms and tracks
| 1 | ■ Montauk Branch | toward New York (Babylon) |
| 2 | ■ Montauk Branch | toward Montauk (Islip) |
The station has two high-level side platforms each 12 cars long. The north platform next to Track 1 is generally used by westbound trains; the south platform next to Track 2 is generally used by eastbound trains. The Montauk Branch has two tracks here.
References
- ↑ Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., © 1961
- ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Bay Shore Freight Yard; 1978 (TrainsAreFun)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ LIRR Trackside Business Photos
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
