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Greenport station

Greenport station

Long Island Rail Road station in Suffolk County, New York


Greenport is the terminus of the Main Line (Greenport Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Wiggins Street and Fourth Street in the Village of Greenport, New York, although the property spans as far east as 3rd Street and the Shelter Island North Ferry terminal.

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History

Greenport station opened on July 29, 1844,[2] as the terminus of the Main line of the LIRR, although some in the industry had hope of building an extension to a cross-sound bridge. The station was listed as Green–Port on the 1852 timetable.[5] On July 4, 1870, it was burned as part of Town festivities, and was rebuilt in October later that year. Another station was built in its place in 1892 (although some sources claim it was in 1894), with a distinguished ticket office bay window that was removed in the 1920s. A train shed also existed behind the turntable, which was replaced by a coal deposit area. Steam service existed until June 5, 1955,[6] mail was carried at the station until 1965, and the train ran onto a dock until 1978. A ticket booth with a station agent closed at Greenport on October 1, 1967.[7] The station, its freight house, and turntable were placed on the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic district on July 20, 1989.[8][9] A high-level island platform leading to the old station and the Shelter Island Ferry was built in the late 1990s, as the case was with many other railroad stations on Long Island. The former freight house serves as the east end of the Railroad Museum of Long Island,[10] while the old station is now the East End Seaport Museum.[11]

Station layout

This station has one high-level island platform long enough for one and a half cars to receive and discharge passengers. There is an additional siding south of Track 2.

Track 1      Ronkonkoma Branch limited service toward Ronkonkoma (Southold)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right Disabled access
Track 2      Ronkonkoma Branch limited service toward Ronkonkoma (Southold)

References

  1. Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. III. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  2. "Long Island Railroad". The Brooklyn Evening Star. Brooklyn, New York. August 15, 1844. p. 1. Retrieved April 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  4. "Last Steam Train to Greenport". Archived from the original on May 12, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "Mostbet APP ᐉ How to download for Android ᐉ iOS ᐉ APK". Archived from the original on January 21, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Robert D. Kuhn (May 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Greenport Railroad Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2010. See also: "Accompanying nine photos". Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  7. "East End Seaport Museum (About Us)". East End Seaport Museum (Archived Link; June 30, 2012). Archived from the original on July 30, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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