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Roslyn station (LIRR)

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Coordinates: 40°47′27″N 73°38′36″W / 40.79072°N 73.643267°W / 40.79072; -73.643267
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Not to be confused with North Roslyn (LIRR station).
Roslyn
Roslyn LIRR station as seen from the Oyster Bay-bound platform on June 10, 2010
General information
LocationLincoln Avenue & Railroad Avenue
Roslyn, New York
Coordinates40°47′27″N 73°38′36″W / 40.79072°N 73.643267°W / 40.79072; -73.643267
Owned byMTA
Line(s)
  Oyster Bay Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Nassau Inter-County Express: n23, n27
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone7
History
OpenedJanuary 23, 1865
RebuiltJune – July 1887, 1988 (moved)
Passengers
2006823[1]
Services
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Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Template:LIRR lines

Roslyn is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Lincoln Avenue and Railroad Avenue, west of Roslyn Road in Roslyn, New York.

History

Roslyn Station opened on January 23, 1865[2] by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road, a Long Island Rail Road subsidiary. In 1882, the LIRR attempted to extend the former Flushing and North Side Railroad main line between Great Neck and Roslyn Stations. This proposal which dates back to an F&NS subsidiary called the "Roslyn and Huntington Railroad" failed, and instead that line was extended to Port Washington in 1898.[3] In the meantime, Roslyn Station was moved in 1885 in order to accommodate a new freight station,[4] and the station was rebuilt from June to July 1887. In 1988, Roslyn Station was moved to the west side of Lincoln Avenue,[5] and was restored to its 19th-century origins in recent years. Free parking is available on the west side of the station.

Platform and track configuration

1 ■ Oyster Bay Branch toward New York (Albertson)
2 ■ Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Greenvale)

This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long. The west platform, adjacent to Track 1, is generally used by southbound or New York City-bound trains. The east platform, adjacent to Track 2, is generally used by northbound or Oyster Bay-bound trains. The Oyster Bay Branch has two tracks at this location.

View from the passenger overpass at Roslyn Station looking South towards Jamaica.

References

  1. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ^ The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880 Vincent Seyfried Page 203
  3. ^ Pride in Port: The Jekyll & Hyde Branch of the Long Island Railroad; Part Two (Forgotten NY.com)
  4. ^ 1937 Image of Roslyn Station with freight house on the opposite side of the tracks
  5. ^ LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)

Media related to Roslyn (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

The canopy extending from Roslyn Station that was previously used to shelter horse-drawn carriages.
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