Seaford is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at New York State Route 27 and Jackson Avenue in Seaford, New York, however parking areas stretch as beyond Washington Avenue east of this corner, and west towards the interchange with New York State Route 135. Westbound trains typically terminate at Penn Station or Grand Central, and eastbound trains terminate at Babylon.
Seaford | ||||||||||||||||
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 Ground-level entrance to Seaford station. | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sunrise Highway & Jackson Avenue Seaford, New York | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′33″N 73°29′11″W / 40.67573°N 73.486454°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Montauk Branch | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 27.7 mi (44.6 km) from Long Island City[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Nassau Inter-County Express: n54 | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 26, 1899 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1966–1967, 2007–2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | May 20, 1925 750 V (DC) third rail | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012—2014 | 3,796[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 32 of 125 | |||||||||||||||
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History
editSeaford station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th century. What makes it atypical, however, is its close proximity to the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway interchange. The station was opened as a ground-level station on May 26, 1899. It was raised on April 15, 1966 as part of the grade elimination project, which was constructed and completed in 1966–67.
Beginning in 2008 the station underwent another renovation, with complete rebuilding of the station's platforms and shelters, plus the installation of an elevator.[3] Though the reconstruction was scheduled to be completed on January 1, 2010, it was finished by July 31, 2009, several months ahead of schedule.
Station layout
editThe station has one 12-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.
References
edit- ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. IV. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- ^ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 197. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order
- ^ "MTA LIRR Seaford Station to Undergo Major Renovations Starting March 3" (Press release). Long Island Rail Road. February 29, 2008. Retrieved February 21, 2010.