Country Life Press station

Country Life Press
The station at Country Life Press, facing Hempstead-bound in June 2012
Location St. James Street South, between Chestnut Street & Damson Street
Garden City, New York,
Coordinates 40°43′16″N 73°37′46″W / 40.721234°N 73.629405°W / 40.721234; -73.629405Coordinates: 40°43′16″N 73°37′46″W / 40.721234°N 73.629405°W / 40.721234; -73.629405
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)
  Hempstead Branch
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Connections Garden City Taxi
Construction
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 4
History
Opened 1911
Electrified May 26, 1908
750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 1,236[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Hempstead Branch
Terminus
Former services
West Hempstead   West Hempstead Branch   Mineola
West Hempstead   Oyster Bay Branch   East Williston

Country Life Press is one of five stations of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Garden City, New York. It serves the Hempstead Branch and is located on Damson Street and St. James Street South in Garden City.

History

The station was originally opened in 1911 for the sole purpose of serving the Doubleday & McClure Publishing Company facility (the "Country Life Press" that was located across the tracks), hence the name of the station.[2] Country Life Press station has some former rights-of-way that led to the West Hempstead and the Oyster Bay Branches.[3] It also included the remnants of the Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road that terminated near Nassau Coliseum.

Station layout

The station has one 10-car-long side platform on the east side of the single track.

Ground/platform level
Exit/entrance and buses		 Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Track 1 ← Hempstead Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic or Penn Station (Garden City)
Hempstead Branch toward Hempstead (Terminus) →

References

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