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Bay Shore (LIRR station)
Encyclopedia
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
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, Manhasset
, Northport
, and Mineola
. High-level platforms were added in 1984. The entrance to the station once had decorative pillars on the sides, and a railroad hotel once existed behind the station plaza. It is one of the few stations on the LIRR with two station buildings. The larger building is for the westbound platform and the smaller one is for the eastbound platform. An underground pedestrian tunnel once connected the two station houses until a pedestrian bridge was built in 2009.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
on the Montauk Branch
Montauk Branch
The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east...
of the Long Island Rail Road
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving about 81.5 million passengers each year. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US...
(LIRR), on Park Avenue and Oak Street north of Suffolk CR 50
County Route 50 (Suffolk County, New York)
Suffolk County Route 50 is a county road in Southwestern Suffolk County, New York. It runs east and west between Babylon and Great River, New York...
(Union Boulevard) and west of Fourth Avenue, in Bay Shore, New York
Bay Shore, New York
Bay Shore is a hamlet and a census-designated place located in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, USA. It is situated on the south shore of Long Island, adjoining the Great South Bay. Bay Shore celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2008. The population of the CDP was 23,852 at the time of...
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History
Bay Shore Station was built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on May 20, 1868 as Pentaquit Station only to be renamed Bayshore Station in July 1868. It was replaced in 1882 and replaced again on July 17, 1912, in the style typical of stations such as RiverheadRiverhead (LIRR station)
Riverhead is a station along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Osborne Avenue and Railroad Street in Riverhead, New York, north of NY 25 and the Suffolk County Court House.-History:...
, Manhasset
Manhasset (LIRR station)
Manhasset is a station in Manhasset, New York on the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. Though a smaller wooden structure was originally built in 1899, the current station was built in the 1920s in a trench, at Plandome Road and Maple Place, off Park Avenue, five blocks North of...
, Northport
Northport (LIRR station)
Northport is a station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at the corner of Larkfield Road and Bellerose Avenue, north of Suffolk CR 11 in East Northport, New York.-History:...
, and Mineola
Mineola (LIRR station)
Mineola is a train station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Mineola, New York. All trains for the Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma, and Oyster Bay branches run through this station, as well as a few for the Montauk Branch. As of May 2011, 145 trains stop at this station...
. High-level platforms were added in 1984. The entrance to the station once had decorative pillars on the sides, and a railroad hotel once existed behind the station plaza. It is one of the few stations on the LIRR with two station buildings. The larger building is for the westbound platform and the smaller one is for the eastbound platform. An underground pedestrian tunnel once connected the two station houses until a pedestrian bridge was built in 2009.
Platforms and tracks
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.External links
- Old Bay Shore Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
- Trains Are Fun.com
- Unofficial LIRR website
- Unofficial LIRR Photography site (lirrpics.com)
- Station from 4th Avenue from Google Maps Street View
