Smithtown station

Long Island Rail Road station in Suffolk County, New York

40°51′22.55″N 73°11′57.38″W / 40.8562639°N 73.1992722°W / 40.8562639; -73.1992722Owned byLong Island Rail RoadPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConnectionsLocal Transit Suffolk County Transit: 5, 56ConstructionParkingYes; Free and Town of Smithtown permitsBicycle facilitiesYes; Bike RackAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone10HistoryOpened1873Rebuilt1937Passengers20061,608[1] Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Kings Park Port Jefferson Branch
diesel service
 St. James
toward Huntington
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Kings Park
toward Hicksville
 Wading River Branch St. James
toward Wading River
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Smithtown is a station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located off a low bridge over NY 25 – 25A along Redwood Lane between NY 25 – 25A and Landing Avenue in Smithtown, New York.

History

Smithtown station was originally built in 1873[2] by Charles Hallett of Riverhead for the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad. In 1937, the station was rebuilt, and the grade crossing at Main Street (NY 25/NY 25A) immediately west of the station was eliminated.[3][4] A freight spur exists west of the bridge under Brooksite Drive.

The station contains a mural along the track side of the station called "Nissequogue Passages," by Robert Carioscia, which was sponsored by the Smithtown Township Arts Council in 1989.

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long. On either end of the station, however, the tracks merge. Most trains utilize Platform B, with select trains using Platform A to allow two trains to bypass each other through the station.

References

  1. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ^ "Long Island Travel". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 3, 1873. p. 4. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Photo of pre-1937 Smithtown Station[usurped]
  4. ^ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved November 25, 2011.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Smithtown (LIRR station).
  • Smithtown – LIRR
  • Smithtown LIRR timetable
  • Smithtown Station from NY 25-25A Bridge; Winter 1984
  • Smithtown Station from NY 25-25A Bridge; December 6, 2006
  • POST Interlocking (The LIRR Today)
  • Smithtown, Long Island, Train Station (Maggie Blanck.com)
  • Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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