Hicksville station

Hicksville
Hicksville Station from Platform A, facing west toward New York
Location Newbridge Road & West Barclay Street
Hicksville, NY
Coordinates 40°46′02″N 73°31′43″W / 40.767101°N 73.528686°W / 40.767101; -73.528686Coordinates: 40°46′02″N 73°31′43″W / 40.767101°N 73.528686°W / 40.767101; -73.528686
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s) Main Line
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 3
Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n20H, n22, n24, n48, n49, n78, n79, n80
Construction
Parking Yes; Town of Oyster Bay permits and private parking garages
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 7
History
Opened March 1, 1837
Rebuilt 1873, 1909, 1962, 2016–2018
Electrified October 19, 1970
750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 16,215[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Port Jefferson Branch
Ronkonkoma Branch
toward Greenport
Montauk Branch
toward Montauk
Former services
1875—1876:
New Cassel		   Port Jefferson Branch   1952—1973:
Landia
1875—1876:
Westbury		   Ronkonkoma Branch   1942—1970s:
Grumman

Hicksville is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road located in Hicksville, New York. It is the busiest station east of Jamaica and Penn Station by combined weekday/weekend ridership. As of May 2011, 133 trains stop at this station every weekday.[2] All trains of both the Port Jefferson Branch and Ronkonkoma Branch stop at Hicksville with the exception of a number of peak hour (Mon-Fri) trips. Additionally, three trains that use the Central Branch and Montauk Branch east of the station stop here daily. Travel time to Penn Station in Manhattan is 40 to 50 minutes, depending on whether the train is local or express.

The station is at Newbridge Road (Route 106) and West Barclay Street. It has two island platforms and three tracks. It is wheelchair accessible, with an elevator to each platform from street level. It is served by eight Nassau Inter-County Express routes and two cab services on the ground level of the station.

Station layout

Track 2 is accessible from both platforms. Generally, Platform A is used for westbound trains and Platform B for eastbound trains. Track 1 is mostly used for trains that terminate or originate in Hicksville (and occasionally freight trains), while Track 2 is used for other westbound trains. Track 3 is normally used for eastbound trains, except on weekday mornings when it also serves westbound trains.

The Port Jefferson Branch to Port Jefferson station splits from the Main Line at DIVIDE Interlocking directly east of the station. At this interlocking, the Port Jefferson Branch turns northeast towards Port Jefferson while the Main Line turns southeast on its way towards Ronkonkoma and Greenport. The Main Line also carries trains using the Central Branch which connects to the Montauk Branch west of the Babylon station.

P
Platform level
Track 1 ← Port Jefferson Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic or Penn (boarding passengers only) (Westbury)
Port Jefferson Branch alighting passengers only →
Platform A, doors will open on the left or right from either track
Track 2 ← Port Jefferson Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic or Penn (Westbury)
← Ronkonkoma Branch and Montauk Branch toward Jamaica or Penn Station (morning rush hour only) (Mineola)
Platform B, doors will open on the left or right from either track
Track 3 Port Jefferson Branch toward Huntington or Port Jefferson (Syosset) →
Ronkonkoma Branch toward Farmingdale or Ronkonkoma (Farmingdale) →
Montauk Branch toward Patchogue, Speonk or Montauk (evening rush hour only) (Babylon) →
← Ronkonkoma Branch and Montauk Branch toward Jamaica or Penn Station (morning rush hour only) (Mineola)
G Ground level Exit/entrance, parking, buses

History

Hicksville station's first depot opened on March 1, 1837, as the temporary terminus of the LIRR. The hamlet and the station were both founded by Valentine Hicks, the son of an abolitionist preacher who also briefly served as an LIRR President. The line expanded to Farmingdale in 1841, after a delay caused by the depression that had begun with the Panic of 1837. In 1854, the station gained a line known as the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad that later became the Port Jefferson Branch of the LIRR. Ten years later on July 15, 1864, the first depot burned down. A second depot opened in September 1873, and was moved to a private location in 1909. The third depot opened on October 30, 1909, and was razed in November 1962 as the current elevated structure was being built.[3] The elevated station opened on September 12, 1964,[4] and was electrified in October 1970.[5]

The station underwent a full renovation beginning in early 2014. The $121 million renovation included replacing station platforms, escalators, elevators, waiting rooms, canopies, and lighting. Security cameras were also added during the renovation.[6] Construction was estimated to last through 2017, and was expected to be completed by August 2018.[6][7][8] Platform A was the first platform to be rebuilt, reopening in September 2017.[9] The electrical substation at Hicksville station will be replaced as part of the Main Line third track project.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ↑ "LIRR schedule for Hicksville" (PDF). Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. ↑ LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Maiorana, Ronald (September 13, 1964). "The Watusi Opens New L.I. Station". The New York Times. p. 38. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  5. ↑ Bamberger, Werner (October 20, 1970). "Change at Jamaica Is Only a Memory For 12,000 Riders". The New York Times. p. 88. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Hicksville Station Improvements Project". A Modern LI. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  7. ↑ Twibell, Cory (May 25, 2012). "All Aboard: LIRR Revamping Hicksville Station". Hicksville Illustrated News. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  8. ↑ "LIRR: Hicksville station renovation on track". Newsday. 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  9. ↑ "Hicksville LIRR platform reopens with upgrades". Newsday. 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  10. ↑ "Hicksville Substation Replacement". A Modern LI. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
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