Manhasset (LIRR station)

Manhasset
Manhasset Station from Plandome Road Bridge
Station statistics
Address	Plandome Road and Maple Place Manhasset, NY
Coordinates	40°47′48″N 73°42′00″W / 40.79669°N 73.699996°W / 40.79669; -73.699996Coordinates: 40°47′48″N 73°42′00″W / 40.79669°N 73.699996°W / 40.79669; -73.699996
Lines	Port Washington Branch
Connections	Long Island Bus: N20, N21 (four blocks south on Northern Boulevard)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Parking	Yes
Other information
Opened	1899
Rebuilt	1925, 1999-2001
Electrified	October 21, 1913[1] 750V (DC) third rail
Accessible
Fare zone	4
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	6,315[2]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Great Neck toward Penn Station Port Washington Branch Plandome toward Port Washington

Manhasset is a station in Manhasset, New York on the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. Though a smaller wooden structure was originally built in 1899, the current station was built in the 1920s in a trench, at Plandome Road and Maple Place, off Park Avenue, five blocks North of Northern Boulevard. It is 17.2 miles (27.7 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. A high-level platform was installed in the 1970s. Despite the line being only single track, more parking spaces are available than at other nearby stations on the line, hence many commuters who do not live in Manhasset use it.^{[citation needed]}

Manhasset station was built by the Great Neck and Port Washington Railroad in 1899, the year after the Manhasset Viaduct was completed. The station was rebuilt in 1924 in the Dutch-colonial style typical of stations such as Riverhead, Bay Shore, Northport, and Mineola, and restored between 1999 and 2001 with the addition of more canopies and staircases.

Platform and track

The station has one 10-car long side platform on the south side of the track.

References

1. ^ LIRR Port Washington Branch Notes (TrainsAreFun.com)
2. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study

External links

• Media related to Manhasset (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Official LIRR station information page for Manhasset
• Station timetable for Manhasset
• Manhasset Viaduct Photos (Forgotten-NY.com)
  • Manhasset Viaduct from Shore Road and Close-Up
• Station from Google Maps Street View

Manhasset Viaduct, west of the station