Albertson (LIRR station)
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Albertson
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Albertson Station as seen from the grade crossing at I.U. Willets Road.
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| Location | I.U. Willets Road & Albertson Avenue Albertson, NY |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Nassau Inter-County Express: n27(three blocks east on Roslyn Road) |
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | March 1874 (as a Milk Station) June 1875 (Flag Stop) |
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| Rebuilt | 1913 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Albertson's | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 594[1] | ||||||||||
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Albertson is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station is on the north side of I.U. Willets Road Albertson Avenue and the Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson, New York. However the parking lot is on the south side of I.U. Willets Road.
The station was originally opened with name Albertson's and originally opened as a milk station in March 1874 and opened as a flag stop in June 1875[2] by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road. The station was renamed as Albertson in 1903.[3] The station had a depot building built in 1911, and it lasted until 1954, when it was razed.[4][3] In 1960, the LIRR planned to close the station as well as East Williston station and replace them both with a single station between the two sites. However public opposition to the proposal cancelled those plans.[5] Between the Fall of 1997 and the Fall of 1998, high level concrete platforms were built with ramps.
Platforms and tracks
| 1 | ■ Oyster Bay Branch | toward New York (East Williston) |
| 2 | ■ Oyster Bay Branch | toward Oyster Bay (Roslyn) |
The station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms, each four cars long. The west platform, next to Track 1, is generally used by southbound or New York City-bound trains. The east platform, next to Track 2, is generally used by northbound or Oyster Bay-bound trains. The Oyster Bay Branch has two tracks here.
References
- ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ↑ The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880 Vincent Seyfried Page 203
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
- ↑ "2 L.I. Stations Kept: Railroad Blows to Opponents of Single One in Between," (New York Times; May 19, 1960)
External links
- Official LIRR station information page for Albertson
- Station timetable for Albertson
- Albertson Station (Unofficial LIRR History Website)
- Station from I.U. Willets Road from Google Maps Street View
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