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Huntington station opened on January 13, 1868, amidst a great deal of controversy between the people of Huntington and Oliver Charlick over the right-of-way and station location, which the people wanted directly within Huntington Village – specifically at Main Street and New York Avenue. Instead, the station is located approximately south of the village in a hamlet originally known as "Fairground," due to a disagreement between Charlick and the Joneses – an affluent family that resided in the area.
Throughout much of the 20th century, the station served as a hub. One reason for this was that it also served as the southern terminus of the Huntington Trolley Spur between 1890 and 1909. The trolley was electrified on June 17, 1898, and extended towards Melville, Farmingdale, and Amityville in 1909. The trolley ran between Halesite and Amityville until 1919, and was replaced in 1920 by another trolley which only ran as far south as Jericho Turnpike until 1927.
The grade crossing at New York Avenue was eliminated between 1908 and 1909, which also required the relocation of the original station building, which was located south of the present structure. The current station building was built in 1909 and was renovated by the Long Island Rail Road for its centennial.
On October 19, 1970, a project to electrify the Port Jefferson Branch up to Huntington was completed, following the completion of a project to install high-level platforms at the station. The station also became a transfer point for diesel trains serving the non-electrified portion of the branch, requiring most passengers traveling to and from points east to change at Huntington.
The first parking garage was constructed on the south side of the station in the 1980s. The following decade, Huntington Station saw major reconstruction that included the addition of handicap-accessible ramps, a second parking garage on the north side of the station, a second pedestrian bridge across both tracks, and a pedestrian bridge across New York Avenue.
Huntington Traction Company; 1920-1927(Arrt's Arrchive)Former Coal Warehouse near Huntington Station (TrainsAreFun)
New York Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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on the Port Jefferson Branch
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of the Long Island Rail Road
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in Huntington Station, Suffolk County, New York
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. It is located off New York Avenue ( NY 110), which connects it to Melville, the Long Island Expressway
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, and Huntington.
History
Huntington station opened on January 13, 1868, amidst a great deal of controversy between the people of Huntington and Oliver Charlick over the right-of-way and station location, which the people wanted directly within Huntington Village – specifically at Main Street and New York Avenue. Instead, the station is located approximately south of the village in a hamlet originally known as "Fairground," due to a disagreement between Charlick and the Joneses – an affluent family that resided in the area.
Throughout much of the 20th century, the station served as a hub. One reason for this was that it also served as the southern terminus of the Huntington Trolley Spur between 1890 and 1909. The trolley was electrified on June 17, 1898, and extended towards Melville, Farmingdale, and Amityville in 1909. The trolley ran between Halesite and Amityville until 1919, and was replaced in 1920 by another trolley which only ran as far south as Jericho Turnpike until 1927.
The grade crossing at New York Avenue was eliminated between 1908 and 1909, which also required the relocation of the original station building, which was located south of the present structure. The current station building was built in 1909 and was renovated by the Long Island Rail Road for its centennial.
On October 19, 1970, a project to electrify the Port Jefferson Branch up to Huntington was completed, following the completion of a project to install high-level platforms at the station. The station also became a transfer point for diesel trains serving the non-electrified portion of the branch, requiring most passengers traveling to and from points east to change at Huntington.
The first parking garage was constructed on the south side of the station in the 1980s. The following decade, Huntington Station saw major reconstruction that included the addition of handicap-accessible ramps, a second parking garage on the north side of the station, a second pedestrian bridge across both tracks, and a pedestrian bridge across New York Avenue.
Transit-oriented development
As one of the busiest stations on the LIRR, Huntington is a prime target fortransit-oriented development
In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of Real estate development, urban development that maximizes the amount of Residential area, residential, business and leisure space within Pedestrian, walking distance of public t ...
. Avalon Huntington Station, which occupies a nearby lot southeast of the station and contains several hundred residential units in a walkable, mixed-use development
Mixed use is a type of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning classification that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions ...
, was opened in 2014.
Station layout
The station has two high-levelside platform
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s, each 12 cars long. Both through trains and terminating trains use either platform, with designations noted in the branch timetable. Transfers between diesel and electric trains are generally made on the same platform, with a five-to-ten minute buffer in between the arrival of an electric train and departure of a diesel train (or vice versa).
East of the station is a 24-car-long storage siding. Electrification ends about west of Lake Road, so all electric trains that terminate here are stored on the siding. The LIRR had plans to build an electric equipment maintenance facility there, but the project was canceled due to community opposition.
Station artwork
The station boasts a series of 19 stained glass panels that can be viewed from the platform. They were created as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority'sArts for Transit
MTA Arts & Design, formerly known as Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and Arts for Transit and Urban Design, is a commissioned art program directed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the transportation systems ...
program by East Hampton artist Joe Zucker. The panels are called ''For My Grandfather Noye Pride, a Locomotive Engineer,'' and make up a 115-foot depiction of a flatbed train carrying items familiar to Long Island including lobsters, whales, ducks and boats. The panels were created using 8,000 pieces of glass.
See also
* List of Long Island Rail Road stations *Babylon station
Babylon is an intermodal transportation hub in the village of Babylon (village), New York, Babylon, New York, located at Railroad Avenue, west of County Route 34 (Suffolk County, New York), Deer Park Avenue (CR 34). It is on the Montauk Branch ...
* Ronkonkoma station
References
External links
Huntington Traction Company; 1920-1927(Arrt's Arrchive)
New York Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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