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Greenport station

Coordinates: 41°5′59″N 72°21′49″W / 41.09972°N 72.36361°W / 41.09972; -72.36361
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Greenport
A view of the platform in 2020, facing west.
General information
LocationWiggins Street & Fourth Street
Greenport, New York
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Main Line
Distance94.3 mi (151.8 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsLocal Transit Suffolk County Transit: 92
Construction
ParkingYes; Free
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone14
History
OpenedJune 29, 1844[2]
Rebuilt1870, 1892
Previous namesGreen–Port
Passengers
20065[3]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Southold
toward Ronkonkoma
 Ronkonkoma Branch
Greenport Branch
 Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Southold
toward Long Island City or Penn Station
 Main Line Terminus
Greenport Railroad Station
LocationThird and Wiggins St., Greenport, New York
Coordinates41°5′59″N 72°21′49″W / 41.09972°N 72.36361°W / 41.09972; -72.36361
Area4.8 acres (1.9 ha)
Built1892
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.89000947[4]
Added to NRHPJuly 20, 1989
Location
Map

Greenport is the terminus of the Main Line (Greenport Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Wiggins Street and Fourth Street in the Village of Greenport, New York, although the property spans as far east as 3rd Street and the Shelter Island North Ferry terminal.

History

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Greenport station opened on July 29, 1844,[2] as the terminus of the Main line of the LIRR, although some in the industry had hope of building an extension to a cross-sound bridge. The station was listed as Green–Port on the 1852 timetable.[5] On July 4, 1870, it was burned as part of Town festivities, and was rebuilt in October later that year. Another station was built in its place in 1892 (although some sources claim it was in 1894), with a distinguished ticket office bay window that was removed in the 1920s. A train shed also existed behind the turntable, which was replaced by a coal deposit area. Steam service existed until June 5, 1955,[6] mail was carried at the station until 1965, and the train ran onto a dock until 1978. A ticket booth with a station agent closed at Greenport on October 1, 1967.[7] The station, its freight house, and turntable were placed on the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic district on July 20, 1989.[8][9] A high-level island platform leading to the old station and the Shelter Island Ferry was built in the late 1990s, as the case was with many other railroad stations on Long Island. The former freight house serves as the east end of the Railroad Museum of Long Island,[10] while the old station is now the East End Seaport Museum.[11]

Station layout

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This station has one high-level island platform long enough for one and a half cars to receive and discharge passengers. There is an additional siding south of Track 2.

Track 1 ←      Ronkonkoma Branch limited service toward Ronkonkoma (Southold)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right Disabled access
Track 2 ←      Ronkonkoma Branch limited service toward Ronkonkoma (Southold)
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  • Entrance to old station (now the East End Seaport Museum)
    Entrance to old station (now the East End Seaport Museum)
  • Door to freight house (now the Railroad Museum of Long Island)
    Door to freight house (now the Railroad Museum of Long Island)
  • View of freight house from tracks
    View of freight house from tracks
  • View of old Greenport station from the platform; July 1, 2007
    View of old Greenport station from the platform; July 1, 2007
  • End of the tracks facing west
    End of the tracks facing west
  • The former turntable, preserved by the RMLI and NRHS.
    The former turntable, preserved by the RMLI and NRHS.

References

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  1. ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. III. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Long Island Railroad". The Brooklyn Evening Star. Brooklyn, New York. August 15, 1844. p. 1. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. ^ "BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD, LONG ISLAND R. R. 1852 TIMETABLE". arrts-arrchives.com.
  6. ^ "Last Steam Train to Greenport". Archived from the original on May 12, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "LIRR Greenport Ticket Booth closing notice". Archived from the original on January 21, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "National Register of Historical Places - NEW YORK (NY), Suffolk County". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com.
  9. ^ Robert D. Kuhn (May 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Greenport Railroad Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2010. See also: "Accompanying nine photos". Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  10. ^ "Greenport Site".
  11. ^ "East End Seaport Museum (About Us)". East End Seaport Museum (Archived Link; June 30, 2012). Archived from the original on July 30, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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