Country Life Press (LIRR station)
Country Life Press | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station at Country Life Press, facing Hempstead-bound in June 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |
St. James Street South, between Chestnut Street & Damson Street Garden City, New York, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′16″N 73°37′46″W / 40.721234°N 73.629405°WCoordinates: 40°43′16″N 73°37′46″W / 40.721234°N 73.629405°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Garden City Taxi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified |
May 26, 1908 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 1,236[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country Life Press is one of five stations of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Garden City, New York. It serves the Hempstead Branch and is located on Damson Street and St. James Street South in Garden City.
History
The station was originally opened in 1911 for the sole purpose of serving the Doubleday & McClure Publishing Company facility (the "Country Life Press" that was located across the tracks), hence the name of the station.[2] Country Life Press station has some former rights-of-way that led to the West Hempstead and the Oyster Bay Branches.[3] It also included the remnants of the Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road that terminated near Nassau Coliseum.
Platform and track
| 1 | ■ Hempstead Branch | toward New York (Garden City) |
| ■ Hempstead Branch | toward Hempstead (Terminus) |
The station has one 10-car-long side platform on the east side of the single track.
References
- ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ↑ Hempstead Branch Stations (Unofficial LIRR history Website)
- ↑ Mineola to West Hempstead Branch (Unofficial LIRR History Web Site)
External links
- Official LIRR station information page for Country Life Press
- Station timetable for Country Life Press
- Country Life Press Station History (Arrt's Arrchives)
- St. James Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Digitzed copies of books on the Country Life Press and books published by the facility at Internet Archive
- GARDEN Interlocking (The LIRR Today)