Greenport (LIRR station)

Greenport is the terminus of the Main Line (Greenport Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road It is located at Wiggins Street and 4th Street in the Village of Greenport, New York.

Greenport Station was originally built on July 29, 1844 as the terminus of the Main line of the LIRR, although some in the industry had hope of building an extension to a cross-sound bridge. On July 4, 1870 it was burned as part of Town festivities, and rebuilt in October later that year. Another station was built in its place in 1892 (although some sources claim it was in 1894), with a distinguished ticket office bay window that was removed in the 1920s. A train shed also existed behind the roundtable, which was replaced by a coal deposit area. Steam service existed until June 5, 1955, mail was carried at the station until 1965, and the train ran onto a dock until 1978. The station, its freight house, and roundtable were placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 20, 1989 [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/Suffolk/state2.html Suffolk County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places] ] . A high-level platform leading to the old station and the Shelter Island Ferry was built between 2000 and 2001, as the case was with many other railroad stations on Long Island. The former freight house serves as the east end of the Railroad Museum of Long Island [ [http://www.rmli.org/Pages/Greenport_Site_main.htm Railroad Museum of Long Island (Greenport)] ] , while the old station is now the East End Seaport Maritime Museum [ [http://www.eastendseaport.org/AboutUs.htm East End Seaport Maritime Museum] ] .

Connections

* Suffolk County Transit's S92 bus (Also to the Orient Point ferry to New London, Connecticut).
* North Ferry to Shelter Island.
* Long Island Railroad Museum
* Local Taxi Service

Gallery

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=082 MTA-LIRR Official Greenport Station Information]
* [http://mta.info/lirr/html/ttn/greenpor.htm LIRR Greenport Station Schedule]
* Unofficial LIRR History Website:
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/laststeamgreenport.htm Last Steam Train to Greenport; June 5, 1955]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/jul992/gport1.jpgFormer turntable]
* [http://www.twinforksnrhs.org/ National Railway Historical Society (Twin Forks Chapter)]
* [http://trainsarefun.com/lirr/greenport/greenport.htm Greenport Station History (Steve Lynch's LIRR Maps, Photos, Charts, etc.)] (TrainsAreFun.com)
* Arrt's Archives
** [http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/gport1.html By Rails to the Sea; Greenport - Page 1]
** [http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/gport2.html By Rails to the Sea; Greenport - Page 2]
** [http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/gport3.html By Rails to the Sea; Greenport - Page 3]

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