Westbury (LIRR station)

Westbury (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Westbury
style=LIRR


image_size=
image_caption=
address=Union Avenue and Post Avenue
Westbury, NY
line=Rail color box| system=LIRR| line=Port Jeffersonrail color box|system=LIRR|line=Ronkonkoma
other=MTA Long Island Bus
Stuart's Taxi
platform=2
tracks=2
parking=Yes
bicycle=
baggage_check=
passengers=
pass_year=
pass_percent=
pass_system=
opened=1837
closed=
rebuilt=1883, 1914, 1972, c. 2005
ADA=yes
code=
owned=MTA
zone=7
services=
mpassengers=

Westbury is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line. All trains for the Port Jefferson Branch and Ronkonkoma Branch run through it, though only some trains on the Port Jefferson branch stop (and only a few on the Ronkonoma Branch do). It is located at Union and Post Avenues in Westbury, New York. It is 23.4 miles (37.7 km) from Penn Station. The station is fully wheelchair accessible. It has two platforms and two tracks.

Historical Notice

Westbury Station was built sometime in 1837 with the opening of the LIRR to Hicksville. The second station was built between April and June, 1883. The third station was built in 1914, and had a major remodeling around 1972, and another one sometime in 2005.

MTA Long Island Bus Connections

*N22: Jamaica-Hempstead.
*N35: Hempstead-Westbury.

External links

[http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=055 MTA LIRR Station Information - Westbury]
*Unofficial LIRR History Website
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/july2006/westbury002.jpgNorth Side on Union Avenue]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/july2006/westbury009.jpgSouth Side with tunnel at Railroad Avenue parking lot]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/july2006/westbury008.jpgPlatforms looking eastbound] and [http://www.lirrhistory.com/july2006/westbury006.jpgwestbound]

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