Ronkonkoma (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Ronkonkoma
style=LIRR

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image_caption=Ronkonkoma Station, Main Building
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other=Suffolk County Transit
Colonial Transportation to Long Island MacArthur Airport
Sunset Taxi
platform=3 platforms
tracks=2
parking=
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baggage_check=
passengers=1.563 million
pass_year=2006
pass_percent=0
pass_system=LIRR
opened=1883
closed=
rebuilt=1986-1997
ADA=yes
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owned=MTA
zone=10
former=Lake Ronkonkoma
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Ronkonkoma is a major railroad station and transportation hub along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in Ronkonkoma, New York. The station is the eastern terminus of the Ronkonkoma Branch and the western terminus of the Greenport Branch.

The station is located on Lakeland Street or Railroad Avenue North across from the intersection of Hawkins Avenue, and has parking facilities and other amenities that extend beyond the central location. Free parking is available in the lots adjacent to the tracks on the north and south side. One parking garage north of the station was built in 1996 on a former freight spur. [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/Ronkonkoma/MP48-49%20ronk.jpgRonkonkoma Milepost 48-49; Emery map - October 1957] ] [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/Ronkonkoma/ronkwyenorth78.jpgView Wye North (1978 Photo by Steve Lynch)] ]

Ronkonkoma Station was originally built as Lake Ronkonkoma Station in 1883 as a replacement for the 1843-built Lakeland Station desingned to serve both Lakeland, New York and Ronkonkoma, New York. The station house was burned in 1934 and a temporary rectangular one-story building with a gabled roof was used until September 1937, when the second Ronkonkoma Station was completed.

Since November 16 1987, it has served as the eastern terminus of the electrification of the Main Line, [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/Ronkonkoma/ronkelectrification.htm LIRR Electrification Project; 1987 (TrainsAreFun.com)] ] however stations east of Ronkonkoma have been modified for future electrification. The 1937 station was used for storage until it was razed in 1994 when part of the parking lot was extended westward. The current station was designed by architect [http://www.rhbpc.com/commercial/ronkonkoma/com_ronk3.htm Richard Henry Behr] . Ronkonkoma Yard is also located east of the station, in close proximity to the former Holbrook Station, which was torn down in 1962 [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/Ronkonkoma/MP49-50%20ronk.jpgRonkonkoma/Holbrook Milepost 49-50; Emery map (TrainsAreFun.com)] ] , and has taken in commuters from the former Holtsville Station since March 16, 1998.

Connections

As a major transportation hub, the station also serves Suffolk County Transit bus routes S57, S59, 6A, 7A. Shuttle buses are also provided to take commuters and travelers to and from Long Island MacArthur Airport, and local taxi services are available as well.

Gallery

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=075 Official MTA-LIRR Ronkonkoma Station web site]
* [http://mta.info/lirr/images/stationmaps/ronkonkoma.pdf Official MTA-LIRR Ronkonkoma Station parking map] (PDF.file)
* [http://www.lirrhistory.com/jul992/ronk2.jpgUnofficial Long Island Railroad History web site]
* [http://subwaynut.com/lirr/ronkonkoma/index.html Ronkonkoma Station (The SubwayNut)]
*NYCSUBWAY.org
** [http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?40705 October 1, 2002 Photo of Ronkonkoma Station platforms]
** [http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?40703 Another October 1, 2002 Photo of Ronkonkoma Station platforms]
** [http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?10665 May 16, 1981 photo taken from the vicinity of Ronkonkoma Station]
** [http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?42276 Photo of the station taken in the 1960's from a bridge]
* [http://arrts-arrchives.com/hermannville.html Former Lakeland and Hermanville Stations (Arrt's Arrchives)]
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