Hampton Bays (LIRR station)
Encyclopedia
Hampton Bays is railroad station along the Montauk Branch
of the Long Island Rail Road
. It is on Good Ground Road between Springville Road and Suffolk CR 32 (Ponquogue Avenue) in Hampton Bays, New York
. Parking is free and entirely along Good Ground Road.
Hampton Bays Station was originally built along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch
in 1869 (although some sources claim it was in February 1871) as “Good Ground,” until June 1922, hence the name of the street it is located on. The station burned on November 4, 1873. The second station was opened on January 10, 1874 and closed in 1913, but used as an "express house" for the 3rd depot, which opened in the Summer 1913. The station house was built in the style typical of stations such as Manhasset
, Riverhead
, Bay Shore
, Northport
, and Mineola
stations, and closed in 1958, but remained a flag stop, then razed sometime around 1964. The station stop was moved 2,000 feet west on December 26, 1974. When Quogue Station
was closed on March 16, 1998, Hampton Bays was one of the two stations that replaced it. The other was Westhampton
. The existing depot's high-level platforms were added between 2000 and 2001.
Montauk Branch
The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east...
of the Long Island Rail Road
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving about 81.5 million passengers each year. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US...
. It is on Good Ground Road between Springville Road and Suffolk CR 32 (Ponquogue Avenue) in Hampton Bays, New York
Hampton Bays, New York
Hampton Bays is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 12,236 at the 2000 census.Hampton Bays is in the Town of Southampton.-Geography:...
. Parking is free and entirely along Good Ground Road.
Hampton Bays Station was originally built along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch
Sag Harbor Branch
The Sag Harbor Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road that was the eastern terminal on the south shore line of Long Island from 1869 to 1895 and then was a spur from Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor, New York from 1895 to 1940....
in 1869 (although some sources claim it was in February 1871) as “Good Ground,” until June 1922, hence the name of the street it is located on. The station burned on November 4, 1873. The second station was opened on January 10, 1874 and closed in 1913, but used as an "express house" for the 3rd depot, which opened in the Summer 1913. The station house was built in the style typical of stations such as Manhasset
Manhasset (LIRR station)
Manhasset is a station in Manhasset, New York on the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. Though a smaller wooden structure was originally built in 1899, the current station was built in the 1920s in a trench, at Plandome Road and Maple Place, off Park Avenue, five blocks North of...
, Riverhead
Riverhead (LIRR station)
Riverhead is a station along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Osborne Avenue and Railroad Street in Riverhead, New York, north of NY 25 and the Suffolk County Court House.-History:...
, Bay Shore
Bay Shore (LIRR station)
Bay Shore is a major railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road , on Park Avenue and Oak Street north of Suffolk CR 50 and west of Fourth Avenue, in Bay Shore, New York.-History:...
, Northport
Northport (LIRR station)
Northport is a station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at the corner of Larkfield Road and Bellerose Avenue, north of Suffolk CR 11 in East Northport, New York.-History:...
, and Mineola
Mineola (LIRR station)
Mineola is a train station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Mineola, New York. All trains for the Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma, and Oyster Bay branches run through this station, as well as a few for the Montauk Branch. As of May 2011, 145 trains stop at this station...
stations, and closed in 1958, but remained a flag stop, then razed sometime around 1964. The station stop was moved 2,000 feet west on December 26, 1974. When Quogue Station
Quogue (LIRR station)
Quogue was a station stop along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road and the station was built around June, 1875. During construction the station was moved by the village "on a Sunday morning" from its original and current location to a location on Old Depot Road. The second depot was...
was closed on March 16, 1998, Hampton Bays was one of the two stations that replaced it. The other was Westhampton
Westhampton (LIRR station)
Westhampton is a station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is on Station Road and Depot Road in Westhampton, New York, just west of Old Riverhead Road and south of the Francis S. Gabreski Airport....
. The existing depot's high-level platforms were added between 2000 and 2001.
Platform and tracks
The station has one six-car-long high-level side platform on the north side of the main track. A siding is on the south side of the main track.External links
- Unofficial LIRR History Website
- Unofficial LIRR Photography Site
- Station from Ponoquogue Avenue from Google Maps Street View
