Cedarhurst station

Cedarhurst is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in Cedarhurst, in Nassau County, New York, United States. The station is located at Cedarhurst Avenue and Chestnut Street, one block west of Central Avenue.

Cedarhurst
Cedarhurst LIRR station
General information
LocationCedarhurst Avenue & Chestnut Street (2 blocks west of Broadway)
Cedarhurst, New York
Coordinates40.622214°N 73.726121°W / 40.622214; -73.726121
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Far Rockaway Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Nassau Inter-County Express: n32
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
Opened1869 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt1872, 1913
ElectrifiedDecember 11, 1905
750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
20061,744[1]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Woodmere
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
 Far Rockaway Branch Lawrence
toward Far Rockaway
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
Woodmere
toward Valley Stream
 Far Rockaway Branch Lawrence
toward Hammels
Woodmere
toward Gibson
 Rockaway Beach Division Lawrence
toward Woodside

History
A Far Rockaway-bound train departs Cedarhurst station.

Cedarhurst station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in July 1869. Three years later, the rival Long Island Rail Road also built its own "Ocean Point Depot" in July 1872 for the former Cedarhurst Cut-Off just northeast of Cedarhurst station[2] After the LIRR acquired the South Side Railroad, both the Ocean Point Depot and the LIRR's depot were abandoned in June 1876. The LIRR's old station was moved to Far Rockaway in August 1881, while the SSRRLI's Ocean Point Depot re-opened in June 1887, then was greatly re-modeled in May 1888. A third Cedarhurst station was built in 1913.

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long.


References
  1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. 1873 map of the New York and Rockaway Railroad (Arrt's Arrchives)
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