Setauket station
Setauket | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | Gnarled Hollow Road East Setauket, New York | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°55′55″N 73°05′55″W / 40.931979°N 73.098607°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | None | |||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 10 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 1873 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | June 27, 1980[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Setauket was a station stop along the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station was located on the north side of the tracks just east of the bridge where Gnarled Hollow Road passes under the tracks in East Setauket.[2] Access to the station was through a driveway which emptied onto Gnarled Hollow Road just north of the bridge on the east side of the road. The station opened in July 1873, and closed on June 27, 1980.
History
The station was established by the
In June 1912, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) began and completed work to install a larger platform around the station depot.[4] In 1938, agent service at the station was discontinued, though it was restored during morning hours in October 1947.[5]
On August 9, 1959, the LIRR petitioned with the
It was discontinued as a stop on June 27, 1980 due to vandalism and low ridership.[1]
Station layout
The station had one track and one small side platform on the north side of the track. Today, the site, across the tracks from the current location of the All-Flags & Flagpoles company (formerly the site of the American Flagpole Factory[2]), is occupied by pole-tech.
References
- ^ a b "Setauket Station Closing". Newsday. June 27, 1980. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ISBN 0-7385-3866-3. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ Seyfried, Vincent F. (1966). The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880.
- ^ "Improving Setauket Station". The Brooklyn Times Union. p. 8. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Station Agent for Setauket". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 10, 1947. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Legal Notice". Newsday. April 17, 1959. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "End Ticket Service at Setauket Station". Newsday. November 24, 1959. p. 15. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived 2017-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Suffolk Cutting Station Funds". Newsday. April 8, 1980. p. 17. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.