Port Jefferson station (LIRR)
{{short description|Long Island Rail Road station in Suffolk County, New York}}
{{About|the Long Island Rail Road station in Port Jefferson, New York|the community on the south side of the tracks|Port Jefferson Station, New York}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Port Jefferson
| style = Long Island Rail Road
| style2 =
| image = Port Jefferson LIRR station in 2021.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = Port Jefferson station in 2021
| address = Main Street and Oakland Avenue
Port Jefferson Station, New York
| coordinates = {{coord|40|56|4.99|N|73|3|13.29|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| line =
| other = {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} Suffolk County Transit: 51, 62{{cite web |url=https://sctbus.org/Routes-and-Schedules |title=Routes and Schedules |publisher=Suffolk County Transit |date=October 29, 2023 |access-date=November 12, 2023}}
{{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} Port Jeff Jitney Buses[http://portjeff.com/transportation/#jitney Port Jeff Jitney - Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson]
| platform = 1 side platform
| tracks = 4
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| baggage_check =
| passengers = 1,793Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
| pass_year = 2006
| opened = January 13, 1873{{cite news |title=Port Jefferson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74922153/port-jeff-january-13-1873/ |access-date=April 2, 2021 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=January 13, 1873 |page=4|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
| closed =
| rebuilt = 1875, 1903, 1968, 2001, 2019
| accessible = yes
| code =
| owned = Long Island Rail Road
| zone = 10
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR|line=Port Jefferson|left=Stony Brook|note-mid=diesel service|to-left=Penn Station or Long Island City|to-right=Port Jefferson}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR former|line=Wading River Branch|left=Setauket|right=Miller Place}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color={{rcr|LIRR|Port Jefferson}} |zoom=14 }}
}}
Port Jefferson is the terminus for the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Port Jefferson Station, New York. The station is located on New York State Route 25A (Main Street), on the north side of the tracks, but is also accessible from Oakland Avenue, as well as Railroad Avenue and Union Street on the south side of the tracks. All service is diesel-only, and most off-peak trains are shuttles requiring a transfer to an electric train at Huntington.
The station also serves Suffolk County Transit buses and occasionally the Village of Port Jefferson's own local jitney buses. One Suffolk County Transit bus – Route 51 – leads to the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry, approximately one mile to the north. It features service to Bridgeport, Connecticut, hence the reason for some station name signs being adjacent to "Bridgeport Ferries" signs.
History
Port Jefferson station was originally opened on January 13, 1873 by the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad, but was burned on February 1, 1874. The second station was completed in June 1875. In 1895, the Port Jefferson Branch was extended to Wading River. The second Port Jefferson station was closed in 1903, and was used as a yard building, while the third station was built across Main Street. Designed by Stanford White and funded by the residents of the nearby Village of Belle Terre, it opened on July 29, 1903.{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=David D. |last2=Pakaluk |first2=Valerie |title=Long Island Rail Road Stations |year=2003 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, SC |isbn=0-7385-1180-3 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20BUDIVc-5AC&pg=PA81 |access-date=2011-11-24}} Port Jefferson Station resumed its status as the terminus of the line on October 9, 1938, when the line was abandoned between Port Jefferson and Wading River. The "yard building" was abandoned in April 1963. The station was remodeled in 1968, but restored in 2001 based on its previous 1903 design. Port Jefferson is {{convert|59.4|mi}} from Penn Station and travel time varies between 1 hour, 40 minutes and 2 hours, depending on if one has to transfer to an electric train to reach the city.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
In 2019, the LIRR completed an extensive renovation of the station building, restoring it to its prototypical appearance at the turn of the twentieth century. New signage, station artwork, and brick-paver walkways were also installed.{{Cite web|title=Port Jefferson Station Enhancement (Completed 03/2019)|url=https://www.amodernli.com/project/port-jefferson-station/|access-date=2020-08-15|website=A Modern LI|language=en-US}}
Station layout
This station has one 10-car-long high-level side platform north of the tracks. To the east of the station is the Port Jefferson Yard, which provides additional storage tracks.
| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50|M |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Mezzanine |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=700|Crossover between platform and Railroad Avenue |
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=6 valign=top|P Platform level |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Side platform {{access icon}} |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Track 1
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|LIRR|Port Jefferson|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Huntington}}, {{lirrs|Hunterspoint Avenue}}, {{lirrs|Jamaica}}, {{lirrs|Long Island City}}, or {{lirrs|Penn Station}} ({{lirrs|Stony Brook}}) |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Track 2
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← Storage track → |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Track 3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← Storage track → |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Track 4
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← Storage track → |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Ground level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Exit/entrance to Oakland Avenue and parking |
Gallery
File:PJSta2.jpg|Parking lot and station building, as seen in 1999.
File:PJSta4.jpg|2007 image of station after the 2001 restoration project.
File:PJSta3.JPG|One of the signs at the station to complement the station name sign, showing the connection to the ferry to Bridgeport.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Port Jefferson (LIRR station)}}
{{LIRR links}}
- [http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2003-08/9158657.jpg Old Port Jefferson Station Photo (Newsday)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080331105141/http://www.bpjferry.com/ Bridgeport - Port Jefferson Ferry website]
- TrainsAreFun.com
- [http://trainsarefun.com/lirr/portjefffreight.htm LIRR 1948-51 Port Jefferson Branch Freight Recollections, by Peter Boylan (August 26, 2002)]
- [http://trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirr%20freight/freight%20photos/elboxcarPJ78.jpg Erie-Lackawanna boxcar @ Port Jefferson Station (1978)]
- [http://trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirr%20freight/freight%20photos/161remz4aug79en4.jpg Train #161 about to cross Main Street (August, 1979)]
- [http://thelirrtoday.blogspot.com/2013/07/interlocking-walkthrough-jeff.html JEFF Interlocking (The LIRR Today)]
- [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.934354,-73.054469&spn=0.003882,0.013658&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.934464,-73.054561&panoid=EqCfohSecuo0NNjP3AGDfg&cbp=12,76.04,,0,1.61 Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View]
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Category:Long Island Rail Road stations in Suffolk County, New York
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