St. James station (LIRR)
St. James | |||||||||||||
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NYS Bike Route 25 | |||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes; Free and Town of Smithtown permits | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 10 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1873[1] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1974, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 588[2] | ||||||||||||
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Saint James Railroad Station | |||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | July 20, 1973[3] | ||||||||||||
St. James is a
Suffolk County
, New York.
History
St. James station was built in 1873, along the
Flowerfield station to the east was abandoned in 1958, the commuters who previously used that depot at the Gyrodyne Company of America were redirected to the St. James and Stony Brook, New York depots. Until 1964, the station also contained an express house and an outhouse, both of which were demolished along with some trees to make room for an expanded parking lot, much to the chagrin of the community. The station is located within the Saint James District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[4]
The station faced two restoration projects in the MTA era. The first took place in 1974, and the second took place in 1997, when the LIRR installed high-level platforms at the station.
No buses stop at the station. However, local suburban taxicab service is available, and the station serves as a stop along
] have been to make the station more accessible to the disabled.Station layout
This station has one 12-car-long high-level side platform north of the track.
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right 
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| Track 1 | ← Port Jefferson Branch toward Huntington, Hunterspoint Avenue, Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Smithtown) Port Jefferson Branch toward Port Jefferson (Stony Brook) → |
Image gallery
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St. James station looking west from Lake Avenue South crossing -
Interior of the station -
St. James station war memorial, sponsored by the American Legion -
Westbound train leaving the station
References
- ^ Port Jefferson Branch Stations (Unofficial LIRR History Website)[usurped]
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ National Register of Historic Places Listings; October 2, 1986
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Long Island Bike Map". New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
External links
Media related to St. James (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
- St. James – LIRR
- St. James LIRR timetable
- Sant James Station, March 1999 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)[usurped]
- St. James Station Historical Restoration Project; March 21, 1997 (TrainsAreFun)
- Flickr Photo
- Station from Lake Avenue from Google Maps Street View
