Massapequa station
{{short description|Long Island Rail Road station in Nassau County, New York}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Massapequa
| style = LIRR
| image = Massapequa Station - entrance.jpg
| image_caption = Massapequa station entrance from the parking lot, alongside NY 27 in March 2015.
| address = Sunrise Highway & Broadway
Massapequa, New York
| coordinates = {{coord|40.676901|-73.469052|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| line = Montauk Branch
| distance = {{convert|28.7|mi|km|abbr=on}} from {{lirrs|Long Island City}}{{cite web | title=TIMETABLE No. 4 | author=Long Island Rail Road | date= May 14, 2012 | accessdate=August 8, 2022 | url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrhistoricaldata/LIRRTimeTable4_5-14-2012.pdf | page=IV}}
| other = {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n54|n55|n80}}
| platform = 1 island platform
| tracks = 2
| electrified = May 20, 1925
750 V (DC) third rail
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes; Bike rack and locker
| passengers = 4,768{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf#page=197|title=2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers|date=August 23, 2016|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717085537/http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf#page=197|archive-date=July 17, 2019|access-date=March 29, 2020|at=PDF pp. 15, 197|quote=Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order}}
| pass_year = 2012—2014
| pass_rank = 24 of 125
| opened = October 26, 1867 (SSRRLI)
| closed =
| rebuilt = 1891, 1953, 2013-2015, 2021
| accessible = yes
| code =
| owned = Long Island Rail Road
| zone = 7
| former = South Oyster Bay (1867–1889)
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR|line=Babylon|left=Seaford|right=Massapequa Park|line2=Montauk|nonstop2=yes}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR former|line=Montauk Division|left=Seaford|right=Massapequa Park}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color={{rcr|LIRR|Babylon}} |zoom=14 }}
}}
Massapequa is a station along the Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch in Massapequa, New York, serving Babylon Branch trains. It is officially located on Sunrise Highway east of Broadway and NY 107 and parking lots are located far beyond its given location.
History
=Early history=
Massapequa station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th century. It was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on October 28, 1867 as South Oyster Bay station, until May 1889. The second relocated depot was built May–June 1891, and razed in January 1953 as part of the grade elimination project of the post-war era. A temporary station was relocated west of the former location on January 12, 1953, and the current elevated structure entered service between December 14–18, 1953.
=Recent improvements=
==Platform rehabilitation project==
In Spring 2013 the LIRR began work on the Massapequa Station Platform Rehabilitation Project, to replace the station's aging platform structure, platform canopy, elevator, escalator, platform waiting room, and the pedestrian bridge over Broadway. The project was estimated to cost the MTA $20 million, and was completed in the Summer of 2015.[http://mta.info/capitaldashboard/10_14/agencies/l/l60204ub_all_data.htm MTA Capital Program Dashboard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810071325/http://www.mta.info/capitaldashboard/10_14/agencies/l/l60204ub_all_data.htm |date= August 10, 2011 }}{{cite news
|url=http://www.rtands.com/index.php/passenger/commuter-regional/lirr-begins-40-million-station-modernization-project.html
|title=LIRR begins $40-million station modernization project
|author=Nunez, Jenifer
|date=May 20, 2013
|work=Railway Track & Structures
|access-date=May 21, 2013}}
==Pocket track==
image:Massapequa Pocket Track with Third rail.jpg
The LIRR is installing a pocket track east of the Massapequa station. The pocket track, which will be used for turning trains that begin or end their trips at Massapequa Station, would be installed east of the station, in the middle of the two Babylon Branch tracks that are platform-width apart at this point.[http://thelirrtoday.blogspot.com/2013/05/massapequa-pocket-track.html Massapequa Pocket Track (The LIRR Today)]
The pocket track would be {{convert|1,700|ft|m}} long, enough to fit a full 12-car train. The project is expected to cost $19.6 million. Construction of the pocket track began in 2014. As of September 2015, a signal gantry frame was erected at the East end of the newly completed platform, and the tracks and ties for the pocket track along with switches had been installed in the ballast. The project was originally projected to be completed by November 2015,{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/archive/130128_1330_CPOC.pdf#page=8 |title=MTA Capital Program Oversight Meeting |date=January 2013 |access-date=May 24, 2018|work=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=8}} though was delayed until April 2019;{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/archive/140623_1345_CPOC.pdf#page=35 |title=MTA Long Island Rail Road Committee Meeting |date=November 2017 |access-date=May 24, 2018|work=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=35}} it would eventually be completed in 2021.{{cite report |url=https://new.mta.info/document/64116 |title=Joint Metro-North and Long Island Committees Meeting |date=November 2021 |website=mta.info |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707000115/https://new.mta.info/document/64116 |url-status=live |p=57}}
Station layout
The station has one 12-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks. It is the only Babylon Branch station that does not sit atop a concrete viaduct; instead it sits on top of a grassy embankment similar to Westbury.
References
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External links
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{{LIRR links}}
- [http://arrts-arrchives.com/ssrrsob.html South Oyster Bay-Massapequa Station (Arrt's Arrchives)]
- [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.676778,-73.471295&spn=0.003914,0.013658&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.676778,-73.471295&panoid=zF42Duv5FN09LvwRCZnV7g&cbp=12,94.69,,0,5.07 Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View]
- [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.676195,-73.4699&spn=0.003914,0.013658&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.67621,-73.469664&panoid=z7uhOS7F44QEqcYNam2N7Q&cbp=12,351.68,,0,2.67 Station House from Google Maps Street View]
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