Westhampton station

Westhampton
The Westhampton station in May 2015 from the platform.
Location Station Road & Depot Road
Westhampton, New York
Coordinates 40°49′49″N 72°39′04″W / 40.830191°N 72.650973°W / 40.830191; -72.650973Coordinates: 40°49′49″N 72°39′04″W / 40.830191°N 72.650973°W / 40.830191; -72.650973
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)
  Montauk Branch
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 14
History
Opened 1870
Rebuilt 1905
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 15[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Montauk Branch
toward Montauk
  Former services  
Montauk Branch
toward Montauk

Westhampton is a station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is on Station Road and Depot Road in Westhampton, New York, just west of Old Riverhead Road and south of the Francis S. Gabreski Airport.

Westhampton station was originally built between February and March 1870 along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch. In 1905 a second station was built when the first one was moved to a private location. The station burned down in 1986, but was rebuilt sometime between then and the year 2000. Currently the station has a high-level sheltered platform. When Quogue station was closed on March 16, 1998, Westhampton was one of the two stations that replaced it. The other was Hampton Bays.

The rebuilt station house at Westhampton LIRR station

Station layout

The station has one eight-car-long high-level side platform on the south side of the main track. A siding is on the north side of the main track.

Ground/platform level
Exit/entrance
Track 1 ← Montauk Branch toward Jamaica or Penn Station (Speonk)
Montauk Branch toward Montauk (Hampton Bays) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right

References

  1. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
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