Babylon (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Babylon
style=LIRR


image_size=
image_caption=Suffolk County Transit's S27 bus leaves Babylon Station
address=Railroad Avenue, west of Deer Park Avenue
Babylon, New York
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Babylonrail color box|system=LIRR|line=Central
other=MTA Long Island Bus
Suffolk County Transit
Trailways Transportation System
Sunset Taxi
platform=2(Two-sides each)
tracks=3
parking=Yes; Village permit and Metered
bicycle=Yes
baggage_check=
passengers=901,420
pass_year=2006
pass_percent=0
pass_system=LIRR
opened=October 28, 1867Vincent F. Seyfried, , © 1961]
closed=
rebuilt=1881, 1964
electrified=May 21, 1925
ADA=yes
code=
owned=Long Island Rail Road
zone=9
former=Seaside (July 1868 – 1869)
services=
mpassengers=

Babylon is a station of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Babylon, New York at Railroad Avenue west of Deer Park Avenue. It lies along the Montauk Branch, and is the eastern terminus of the Babylon Branch service. To the west is the junction (Belmont Junction) with the Central Branch, which heads northwest to join the Main Line at Beth Interlocking southeast of the Bethpage station. The Babylon station is elevated with two island platforms and is wheelchair accessible through elevator access. The electrified portion of the Montauk Branch ends east of the station. Babylon is 38.9 miles from penn Station, and travel time varies between 50 minutes and 1 hour 13 minutes, depending on the amount of stops a train makes.

Babylon Station originally opened as a South Side Railroad of Long Island depot on October 28, 1867 as "Seaside Station" until it was renamed "Babylon Station" in 1869. The Central Railroad of Long Island had once planned an extension to the Great South Bay and Fire Island which was never built, and a horse car and later trolley line was provided by the Babylon Rail Road Company as a substitute. The second depot opened on July 2, 1881, and was razed in 1964 as part of the grade elimination project that was taking place along the entire Babylon Branch during the post-war era. The new third station opened the same year. East of the station, a train washing canopy existed in West Islip until 2005. [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/babylon/wislip4.jpgTwo mid-1980's views of West Islip...] ] [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/babylon/wislip3.jpg..train wash racks] ]

As budgeted in the 2008-2013 Capital Plan, station rehabilitation over the next five years will include the demolition of the existing platform and design and construction of a new platform as well as replacement of platform waiting rooms, escalators, and elevators. The project is projected to cost 39 million USD and will replace infrastructure that has existed since the station was last razed in 1964. [ [http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/budget/pdf/2008-2013%20Capital%20Plan.pdf 2008-2013 Capital Plan. Page 69] ]

Bus Connections

The station is also an intermodal transportation hub with connections to several bus lines.

Suffolk County Transit
*S20: to Sunrise Mall.
*S25: to Northwest Babylon.
*S27: to Hauppauge.
*S29: Babylon-Walt Whitman Mall (NOTE: The S29 is the only bus that serves the station but does not terminate there.)
*S40: to Patchogue.
*S42: to Central Islip.
*S47: Robert Moses State Park seasonal service.

MTA Long Island Bus
*N19: to Freeport.
*N72: to Hempstead.

Trailways Transportation System:
*Adirondack Trailways
*Pine Hills Trailways

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=118 LIRR station information for Babylon]
* [http://www.mta.info/lirr/html/ttn/babylon.htm LIRR schedule for Babylon]
* [http://subwaynut.com/lirr/babylon/index.html Babylon Station (The SubwayNut)]
*Arrt's Arrchives
** [http://arrts-arrchives.com/whatsnewpage2.html Former Babylon Railroad to Fire Island]
** [http://arrts-arrchives.com/ssrrbabylon.html Original Babylon Station]
*The Unofficial LIRR History Website
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/march2001/baby1941.jpg1941 Postcard]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/april2003a/4-6-03_20-38-51/sta-babylon-1954.jpg1954 Photo]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/mar2000/babylon.jpgMarch 2000 Photo]
* [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/babylon/babylon.htm Babylon Station (Steve Lynch's LIRR Maps, Photos, Charts, etc.,)] (TrainsAreFun.com)
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