Copiague is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located in Copiague, New York. The station is located on Marconi Boulevard and Great Neck Road (Suffolk County Route 47), one block north of Oak Street (Suffolk County Route 12).
Copiague | ||||||||||||||||
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 The entrance to the Copiague station. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Marconi Boulevard & Great Neck Road (CR 47) Copiague, New York | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′52″N 73°23′56″W / 40.681°N 73.399°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Montauk Branch | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 747 spaces | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 9 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1902 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1967–1973 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | May 20, 1925 750 V (DC) third rail | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012—2014 | 2,629[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 41 of 125 | |||||||||||||||
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History
Original station
The South Side Railroad of Long Island and Central Railroad of Long Island once had another station in Copiague to the east called Belmont Junction, which was in service between 1873 and 1885.[2] It is not known if the Long Island Rail Road built Copiague Station as a replacement for Belmont Junction, but it had served as one.[3][4][5]
Current station
Copiague Station was originally built in 1902 and was rebuilt with temporary high-level platforms for the M1s on October 25, 1968. The original station was replaced with the current elevated station which opened on August 7, 1973. It is one of the few railroad stations along the Babylon Branch west of Patchogue that was not originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island.
On May 16, 2024, Copiague Station was made fully accessible, with an elevator that will carry handicapped commuters from the street to the platform being installed. This project brought the station into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.[6]
Station layout
The station has one 10-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.
References
External links
- Copiague – LIRR
- Copiague LIRR timetable
- Copiague Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
- Great Neck Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
- east entrance from Google Maps Street View