Patchogue (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Patchogue
style=LIRR


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image_caption=Patchogue Station from the entrance at Division Street & Cedar Avenue; December 26, 2007
address=Division Street between West Avenue & South Ocean Avenue
Patchogue, New York,
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Montauk
other=Suffolk County Transit
Patchogue Bus
Davis Park Ferry Service
McRides Taxi
platform=1
tracks=2
parking=Yes; $1.00 for 18 Hours
bicycle=Yes
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opened=April 1869Vincent F. Seyfried, , © 1961]
closed=
rebuilt=1888, 1963, 1997.
ADA=yes
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owned=MTA
zone=10
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mpassengers=

Patchogue is a station of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Patchogue, New York. It serves the Montauk Branch and is located on Division Street between West Avenue (Suffolk County Road 19) and South Ocean Avenue.

Between 1869 and 1879, Patchogue Station was the eastern terminus of the South Side Railroad of Long Island. It even had spurs and roundhouses between West and Railroad Avenues, as well as another spur between River Avenue and West Avenue for the textile plant that now serves as the Patchogue Campus of Briarcliffe College. The station was rebuilt in 1889 and again on September 14, 1963. [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm LIRR Station History (Dave Keller's Long Island Rail Road Photos & Recollections)] ] As part of the 1963 reconstruction, Railroad Avenue was terminated at Sephton Street, along the north side of the tracks. When Blue Point Station was closed by the LIRR in 1980, former Blue Point commuters opted to use Patchogue station. High-level platforms were added in 1997 for dual-deck trains.

PD Tower

In 1912, the Long Island Rail Road added a control tower to Patchogue Station on South Ocean Avenue, for both the Montauk Branch and the former trolley line owned by the Suffolk Traction Company. The tower was designated by the LIRR as the "PD Tower" and was also used for hooping. In 1970, all switches and crossing were automated, but hooping continued. At this point, the tower's structure began to decline. Residents began referring to it as the "Leaning Tower of Patchogue." On August 23, | accessdate=2006-12-30| ]

Connections

*Suffolk County Transit buses S40, S54, S61, S63, S66, S68, 7A, and 7B.
*Patchogue's local jitney bus routes
*Passenger Ferries to Davis Park and Watch Hill on Fire Island.

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=124 Official MTA-LIRR Patchogue Station web site]
* [http://www.lirrhistory.com/feb2000/pd.jpgPD Tower (Unofficial LIRR History Website)] The tower was demolished August 23, | accessdate=2006-12-30| ]
* [http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2003-08/9158218.jpgOlder Patchogue Station(Newsday)]
* [http://arrts-arrchives.com/ssrrpatchogue.html Original Patchogue Station] (Arrt's Arrchives)
* [http://www.patchoguevillage.org/trans.htm Patchogue Village Bus]
*TrainsAreFun.com
** [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/patchogue/recallingPDtower.htm Railfan Recollections at LIRR “PD” Tower, Patchogue, NY] (Dave Keller's LIRR Photos & Recollections)
** [http://trainsarefun.com/lirr/patchogue/patchogue.htm Patchogue Station History] (Steve Lynch's LIRR Maps, Photos, Charts, etc.)
*Geolinks-US-buildingscale|40.761841|-73.015735
*Unofficial LIRR Photography Site (lirrpics.com)
** [http://lirrpics.com/patchogue.htm Patchogue Station]
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