Southampton Campus was a rail station located along 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...

. It was originally opened as a seasonal flag stop

Request stop

In public transport, a request stop or flag stop describes a stopping point at which trains or buses stop only on an as-need or request basis; that is, only if there are passengers to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, infrequently used stopping points can be served efficiently.Trains save...

 called Golf Grounds around April 1907 to serve sites such as the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is a links-style golf club located in the hamlet of Shinnecock Hills in the town of Southampton on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. It has hosted the U.S. Open four times in three different centuries and will host the 2018 U.S. Open...

 and National Golf Links of America. This station was closed in 1939.

In order to serve the Long Island University

Long Island University

Long Island University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the U.S. state of New York.-History:...

's Southampton College

Southampton College

Stony Brook Southampton is a campus location of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, located in Southampton, New York between the Shinnecock Indian Reservation and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on the eastern end of Long Island. The campus features an innovative curriculum devoted to...

 (now owned by Stony Brook University) it reopened on May 24, 1976. It was discontinued as a station stop and removed on March 16, 1998 due to low usage, along with a handful of other LIRR stations. The station only had an average daily ridership of 16 and the low ridership did not make it cost effective for high level platforms to be installed to accommodate new bilevel rail cars.

A temporary station was opened in June 2004 for the U.S. Open

2004 U.S. Open Golf Championship

The 2004 United States Open Championship was the 104th U.S. Open, played from June 17 to June 20 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York. The U.S. Open returned to Shinnecock Hills for the first time since 1995. Retief Goosen won his second U.S. Open Championship and second...

 and was listed as Shinnecock Hills

Shinnecock Hills (LIRR station)

Shinnecock Hills was a rail station located along the Montauk Branch and first opened around 1887 and closed September, 1932. Building was used as a U.S. Post Office and now a private residence as of 2003. The name was revived for the former Southampton Campus Station for the 2004 U.S....

 on special timetables. The LIRR also provided service for spectators traveling to the 1986 U.S. Open

1986 U.S. Open Golf Championship

The 1986 United States Open Championship was the 86th U.S. Open. The event was held from June 12-15 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York. Raymond Floyd, who at one point was one of nine golfers tied for the lead during the fourth and final round, won his first U.S...

, when the station was called Southampton College.