Roslyn station (LIRR)

Roslyn is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Lincoln Avenue and Railroad Avenue, west of Roslyn Road in Roslyn, New York.

Roslyn
Roslyn LIRR station as seen from the Oyster Bay-bound platform on June 10, 2010
LocationLincoln Avenue & Railroad Avenue
Roslyn, New York
Coordinates40.79072°N 73.643267°W / 40.79072; -73.643267
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n23, n27
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone7
History
OpenedJanuary 23, 1865
RebuiltJune – July 1887, 1988 (moved)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)823[1]
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station
Albertson
towards Jamaica, Long Island City or Penn Station
 Oyster Bay Branch Greenvale
towards Oyster Bay
Former services
Albertson   Oyster Bay Branch   North Roslyn

History
The canopy extending from Roslyn Station that was previously used to shelter horse-drawn carriages.

Roslyn station opened on January 23, 1865[2] by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road, a Long Island Rail Road subsidiary. In 1882, the LIRR attempted to extend the former Flushing and North Side Railroad main line between Great Neck and Roslyn stations. This proposal which dates back to an F&NS subsidiary called the "Roslyn and Huntington Railroad" failed, and instead that line was extended to Port Washington in 1898.[3] In the meantime, Roslyn station was moved in 1885 in order to accommodate a new freight station,[4] and the station was rebuilt from June to July 1887. In 1988, Roslyn Station was moved to the west side of Lincoln Avenue,[5] and was restored to its 19th-century origins in recent years. Free parking is available on the west side of the station. This site is also a semi-famous site in skateboarding culture. As https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_Skateboards and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Skateboard_Company professional skateboarders have frequented this site in their professional skateboarding films. It was even mentioned by Owen Wilson in the "Yeah Right!" skateboarding film.

Station layout

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

M Mezzanine Crossover between platforms
P
Platform level		 Platform A, side platform
Track 1 ←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Albertson)
Track 2 ←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Greenvale) →
Platform B, side platform
Ground level Entrance/exit and parking
View from the passenger overpass at Roslyn Station looking South towards Jamaica

References
  1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880 Vincent Seyfried Page 203
  3. Pride in Port: The Jekyll & Hyde Branch of the Long Island Railroad; Part Two (Forgotten NY.com)
  4. 1937 Image of Roslyn station with freight house on the opposite side of the tracks
  5. LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived 2017-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
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