Cold Spring Harbor station

Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor station
Location West Pulaski Road & East Gate Drive
West Hills, New York
Coordinates 40°50′06″N 73°27′06″W / 40.835056°N 73.451611°W / 40.835056; -73.451611Coordinates: 40°50′06″N 73°27′06″W / 40.835056°N 73.451611°W / 40.835056; -73.451611
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)
  Port Jefferson Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections NYS Bike Route 25A[1]
Construction
Parking Yes; Town of Huntington residential permits
Bicycle facilities Yes; Bike Racks and Lockers
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 9
History
Opened 1901 or 1902
Rebuilt 1948
Electrified October 19, 1970
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names Woodbury (1875–1880)
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 4,166[2]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Port Jefferson Branch
Former services
Woodbury   Port Jefferson Branch   Huntington

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.

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] although Cold Spring Harbor is across the Suffolk County Line. Sometime between 1901 and 1902 it was moved east to Cold Spring Harbor, and given its current 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. During the evening rush hours, some eastbound trains use Platform A.

Ground/platform level
Exit/entrance
Platform A, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ← Port Jefferson Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic or Penn Station (Syosset)
Track 2 Port Jefferson Branch toward Huntington or Port Jeff (Huntington)
Platform B, doors will open on the right

References

  1. ↑ State Bike Route 25A (Bicycling in New York; NYSDOT)
  2. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  3. ↑ Long Island Rail Road: General Order Number 90 (TrainsAreFun.com)
  4. ↑ LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
  5. ↑ 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.


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