Long Beach station (LIRR)
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Rebuilt | June 1909 (current site) 1988 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | September 1910 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2012-14 | 9,397[4] | ||||||||||||
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The Long Beach station is an intermodal center and the
The MTA offers a package which includes train fare and admission to the beach.[5]
History
Long Beach station was originally built in 1880 by the
Due to repeated storm damage to rails and other equipment, the LIRR petitioned the
Long Beach Club House station
Prior to the relocation, another station named Club House station (not to be confused with the
Platforms and tracks
This station has two high-level island platforms. The east platform between Tracks 3 and 4 is 10 cars long. The west platform between Tracks 5 and 6 is eight cars long. There are 10 tracks total. The six tracks not next to the platforms (two to the east of the station and four to the west) are used for train storage. A low-level island platform between Tracks 7 and 8 is not in service, but contains mini-high platforms to access high-level trains.
Parking is available to the east and west of the station platforms, and is largely restricted to permits issued by the city of Long Beach.[2]
Mezzanine level | Walkway between platforms, bus terminal, and parking garage | |
Ground/platform level Exit/entrance and buses |
Track 1 | ← Storage track |
Track 2 | ← Storage track | |
Track 3 | ← Long Beach Branch toward Grand Central Madison, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Island Park) | |
Platform A, island platform | ||
Track 4 | ← Long Beach Branch toward Grand Central Madison, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Island Park) | |
Track 5 | ← Long Beach Branch toward Grand Central Madison, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Island Park) | |
Platform B, island platform | ||
Track 6 | ← Long Beach Branch toward Grand Central Madison, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Island Park) | |
Track 7 | ← Storage track | |
Island platform, not in service | ||
Track 8 | ← Storage track | |
Track 9 | ← Storage track | |
Track 10 | ← Storage track |
References
- ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VII. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Parking, Bus and Taxi Information - Long Beach Station" (PDF). Long Island Rail Road. September 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ "New Fares — Effective April 21, 2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report, Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Abt SRBI. August 23, 2016. pp. 204–207.
- ^ "Life's a Beach on Long Island; The MTA LIRR is the "Greenest Way" to a Summer in Blue Ocean and White Sand Luxury". MTA. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ Original Long Beach Station & Branch (Arrt's Arrchives)
- ^ The Long Beach Hotel: 1880-1907 (I Love Long Beach New York.com)
- ^ "1907: Fire Destroys Hotel," In Our Pages, International Herald Tribune, accessed July 29, 2007
- ^ "The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History Volume #5(New York, Woodhaven & Rockaway Railroad; New York & Rockaway Beach railway; New York & Long Beach Railroad; New York & Rockaway railroad; Brooklyn rapid transit operation to Rockaway; Over L.I.R.R.)", by Vincent F. Seyfried
- ^ Images of Rail: Jamaica Station, by David D. Morrison (Arcadia Publishing; 2011)
- ^ 1920 Robert Emery Map of Long Beach LIRR station (TrainsAreFun)
- ^ 1958 Robert Emery Map of Long Beach LIRR station (TrainsAreFun)
External links
- Long Beach – LIRR
- Long Beach LIRR timetable
- Long Beach Branch history (Unofficial LIRR History website)[usurped]
- December 2006 Photo (Unofficial LIRR History website)[usurped]
- City of Long Beach Bus Schedule
- Station House (exterior) from Google Maps Street View
- Station House (interior) from Google Maps Street View
- Platform A from Google Maps Street View
- Platform B from Google Maps Street View
- Back of the Station House and platforms entrance from Google Maps Street View