Cedarhurst station

Cedarhurst is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in Cedarhurst, in Nassau County, New York, United States. The station is located at Cedarhurst Avenue and Chestnut Street, one block west of Central Avenue, and is 20.9 miles (33.6 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.

Cedarhurst
Cedarhurst LIRR station
LocationCedarhurst Avenue & Chestnut Street (2 blocks west of Broadway)
Cedarhurst, New York
Coordinates40.622214°N 73.726121°W / 40.622214; -73.726121
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n32
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
Opened1869 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt1872, 1913
ElectrifiedDecember 11, 1905
750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)1,744[1]
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station
Woodmere
towards Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station
 Far Rockaway Branch Lawrence
towards Far Rockaway

History
A Far Rockaway-bound train departs Cedarhurst station.

Cedarhurst station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in July 1869. Three years later, the rival Long Island Rail Road also built its own "Ocean Point Depot" in July 1872 for the former Cedarhurst Cut-Off just northeast of Cedarhurst station[2] After the LIRR acquired the South Side Railroad, both the Ocean Point Depot and the LIRR's depot were abandoned in June 1876. The LIRR's old station was moved to Far Rockaway in August 1881, while the SSRRLI's Ocean Point Depot re-opened in June 1887, then was greatly re-modeled in May 1888. A third Cedarhurst station was built in 1913.

Platform and track configuration

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long.

Street level Station house, parking, buses
Platform A, side platform
Track 1 ←      Far Rockaway Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Woodmere)
Track 2 ←      Far Rockaway Branch toward Far Rockaway (Lawrence) →
Platform B, side platform

References
  1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. 1873 map of the New York and Rockaway Railroad (Arrt's Arrchives)
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