Rockville Centre (LIRR station)

Rockville Centre
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Station statistics
Address North Village Avenue & Front Street
Rockville Centre, New York,
Coordinates 40°39′30″N 73°38′48″W / 40.6583°N 73.6466°W / 40.6583; -73.6466Coordinates: 40°39′30″N 73°38′48″W / 40.6583°N 73.6466°W / 40.6583; -73.6466
Lines
  Babylon Branch
Connections Local Transit Nassau Inter-County Express: n14, n15, n16, n17
All Island Taxi
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened 1867 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt 1881, 1901, 1950
Electrified May 20, 1925
750V (DC) third rail
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 7
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 6,850[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Babylon Branch
toward Babylon

Rockville Centre is a station along the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially at North Village Avenue and Front Street north of Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre, New York, but the station property spreads west to North Center Avenue and east to North Park Avenue. Parking is available throughout the Village of Rockville Centre, near the station for those with residential and non-residential permits. The station is east of the Rockville Centre Bus Depot. An LIRR article[2] says it is 21.1 miles from Penn Station.

History

Rockville Centre Station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on October 28, 1867 and remodeled in July 1881. The station was rebuilt on October 14, 1901, as the original station was moved to a private location that year and razed in 2004.[3] The second station was razed in March 1949 as part of a grade elevation project that would dominate the Babylon Branch throughout the post-WW2 era. A temporary station was built southeast of the former location between April 19–22, 1949.

Rockville Centre Station was the site of a major railroad accident on February 17, 1950 that resulted in the deaths of 32 people, and serious injury of over 100 people.[4] This occurred nine months before a similar accident in Kew Gardens, Queens that killed 79 people, and injured hundreds more. The current elevated structure was opened on July 17–18, 1950, and renovated toward the end of the 20th Century.

Platform and tracks

The station has one 12-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.

References

  1. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ^ Official MTA-LIRR Rockville Centre Station Article
  3. ^ Old Rockville Centre Station photos (Arrt's Arrchives)
  4. ^ Long Island Rail Road Wrecks

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