Lynbrook (LIRR station)

Lynbrook
File:LIRR Train 853 leaves Lynbrook.jpg LIRR Train 853 from Long Beach departs Lynbrook
Location	Sunrise Highway & Peninsula Boulevard Village of Lynbrook, New York
Coordinates
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	NICE Bus: n4, n25, n31, n32, n36
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	October 28, 1867 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt	1881, 1920, 1938
Electrified	September 8, 1910 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Pearsall's Corners (1867 – April 1875) Pearsall's (1875 – 1893)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	5,476
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station St. Albans toward New York terminals Babylon Branch Rockville Centre toward Babylon Valley Stream toward New York terminals Long Beach Branch Centre Avenue toward Long Beach

Lynbrook is a train station in Lynbrook, New York at Sunrise Highway and Peninsula Boulevard on the Long Island Rail Road. The station is elevated and is wheelchair accessible through elevator access.

History

Lynbrook Station was opened as Pearsall's Corner Station on October 28, 1867 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island. The name became Pearsall's in April 1875 and Lynbrook in 1893. In 1880 the station became the northern terminus of the New York and Long Beach Railroad, a railroad line that was acquired by the LIRR and became the Long Beach Branch in 1886. When the NY&LB was added the station gained the "PT Tower", which controlled the junction with the Montauk Branch until 1910, when Long Beach Branch tracks were extended to Valley Stream station. The station was rebuilt in 1881, electrified on September 8, 1910, and then remodeled sometime in 1920, only to be razed in 1938 as part of a decades-long grade elimination project along the Montauk, Atlantic and Babylon Branches. The third and current elevated station is 1,113 feet west of its former location and opened on October 18, 1938.

Platforms and tracks

1A	■ Babylon Branch	toward New York (St. Albans)
2A	■ Babylon Branch	toward Babylon (Rockville Centre)
1B	■ Long Beach Branch	toward New York (Valley Stream)
2B	■ Long Beach Branch	toward Long Beach (Centre Avenue)

This station has two high-level island platforms. The 12-car north platform, Platform A, is between Tracks 1 and 2 of what the railroad calls the Montauk Branch, generally used by Babylon Branch trains. The 10-car south platform, Platform B, is between Tracks 1 and 2 of the Long Beach Branch. There are four tracks until the two branches split immediately east of the station.

Service

The station is listed on timetables and maps, as being served by both Long Beach and Babylon Branch trains. Both Long Beach and Babylon Branch trains stop there hourly (every 30 minutes when combined) on an alternating basis during off-peak hours. Peak service is about every 20 minutes or less. Late night service is every two hours.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official LIRR station information page for Lynbrook
• Station timetable for Lynbrook
• Lynbrook Station (The SubwayNut)
• Arrt's Arrchives
  • Lynbrook/Pearsall's Corner Station History
  • 1910 Lynbrook Station post card
• Station from Google Maps Street View

File:Lynbrook LIRR jeh.JPG

From Sunrise Highway