Greenlawn station

40°52′7.17″N 73°21′46.70″W / 40.8686583°N 73.3629722°W / 40.8686583; -73.3629722Owned byLong Island Rail RoadPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections Huntington Area Rapid Transit: H30ConstructionParkingYes; Free and Residential permitsBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone9HistoryOpened1868Rebuilt1985Previous namesCenterport, Greenlawn-CenterportPassengers20061,100^[1] Services

Preceding station	Long Island Rail Road			Following station
Huntington toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Long Island City		Port Jefferson Branch diesel service		Northport toward Port Jefferson

Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Huntington toward Hicksville Wading River Branch Northport toward Wading River Terminus Northport Branch Northport Village Terminus

Location

Greenlawn is a station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road near the intersection of Boulevard Avenue and Broadway (CR 86) in Greenlawn, New York, a few blocks north of Pulaski Road. It is the first station east of Huntington on the non-electrified section of the branch.

History

Greenlawn was originally known as Old Fields, but the first railroad station was named Centreport as it was meant to serve the village of Centerport, located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north. In the span of a decade, it was changed to Greenlawn-Centerport and then finally Greenlawn to reflect the new community that had developed around the railroad station.^[2][3]

The first depot was built in 1868 by the Hicksville and Cold Spring Branch Railroad, renamed "Greenlawn" in 1870, burned down on September 29, 1910, and was replaced by the current building in September 1911.^[4] The station building was painted with green trim (reflecting the station locale) in the 1990s, after having been painted light blue for several decades. The station had a ticket agent until 1996. In 2017, the station building received a new asphalt roof.

The station is about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the former junction of the Northport Branch, a freight-only railroad spur into Northport built in 1868: it was abandoned in 1978. A team track for off-line customers of the New York & Atlantic Railway exists just west of the station. It is sporadically used. The platform on the south side of the station is not used. The switches for the siding are hand-operated, not remotely controlled by DIVIDE Tower in Hicksville, thus making it impractical for everyday LIRR use. The siding is mostly used by work trains and, on rare occasions, by New York & Atlantic Railway freight trains.

High-level platforms and a pedestrian bridge were added at Greenlawn Station in 1985.^[5] These renovations were made in anticipation of planned electrification of the branch from Huntington to Port Jefferson, which has yet to occur.^[6]

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms. The north platform, next to the main track, is 12 cars long. The south platform, next to the siding, is eight cars long, and is not in regular use.^[7] There is also a pedestrian bridge connecting the two platforms.^[7] On either ends of the station, the two tracks merge into one.

M	Mezzanine	Crossover between platforms
P Platform level
	Platform A, side platform
	Track 1	←      Port Jefferson Branch toward Huntington, Hunterspoint Avenue, Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Huntington) ←      Port Jefferson Branch toward Port Jefferson (Northport) →
	Track 2	← No regular service →
	Platform B, side platform
	Ground level	Exit/entrance and parking

References

External links

• Greenlawn – LIRR
• Greenlawn LIRR timetable
• March 1999 Photo (Unofficial LIRR History Website)^[usurped]
• Station from Broadway from Google Maps Street View