- Montauk (LIRR station)
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Montauk 
The former Montauk Station house (now the Depot Art Gallery) with the current station platform in the background.Station statistics Address Edgemere Street and Fort Pond Road
Montauk, New YorkCoordinates 41°02′48″N 71°57′16″W / 41.046793°N 71.954452°WCoordinates: 41°02′48″N 71°57′16″W / 41.046793°N 71.954452°W Lines Connections Suffolk County Transit: 10C
Celtic CabsPlatforms 1 island platform Tracks 7 Parking Yes; Free Bicycle facilities Yes Other information Opened 1895 Rebuilt 1907, 1927 Accessible 
Owned by MTA Fare zone 14 Traffic Passengers (2006) 23[1] Services Preceding station LIRR Following station toward New York terminalsMontauk Branch Terminus Montauk is the terminus of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, and as such is the easternmost railroad station on Long Island. The station is located on Edgemere Street (Suffolk County Road 49) and Fort Pond Road west of Montauk Harbor, New York.
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History
Originally built in 1895 by the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad, it was demolished in 1907, then rebuilt twenty years later, only to be relocated by the US Navy during World War II along with a great deal of Montauk itself. The relocated station also contained a freight house that was moved to Industrial Road in the late-1960's.
The current Montauk Station is an unoccupied high-level center platform for two of the seven tracks. The platform from the old station leads to the current station. A wye exists west of the station that leads to a short spur across Industrial Road to Fort Pond, and was used to turn around engines. It also once had another spur on the opposite side of the tracks leading to a fishing dock on Fort Pond Bay. The previous station house is now known as the Depot Art Gallery. Montauk Station was one of the settings for the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.
The noise of train engines left idling for long periods in the Montauk Yard has been a recent cause of concern for local residents, who formed a group called the Montauk Anti-Pollution Coalition in 2003. The LIRR began shutting engines off in 2009.[2]
Platform and track configuration
This station has one six-car-long high-level island platform. There are seven tracks at this location. The five southern tracks, not adjacent to the platform, comprise a train storage yard. When the LIRR provides extra service to the Hamptons during the summer, on weekends the yard is typically filled with passenger trains that terminate at Montauk, including the Friday afternoon Cannonball express train from Hunterspoint Avenue.
See also
References
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ Hewitt, Janis (September 10, 2009). "Ah, the Sound of Silence". The East Hampton Star. http://www.easthamptonstar.com/dnn/Home/News/AhtheSoundofSilence/tabid/9966/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
External links
Media related to Montauk (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons- Official LIRR station information page for Montauk
- Station timetable for Montauk
- Unofficial LIRR History Website
- Montauk Station History (Steve Lynch's LIRR Maps, Photos, Charts, etc.) (TrainsAreFun.com)
- LIRR Train 2704 on the approach to Montauk (YouTube)
- Unofficial LIRR Photography Site
- old Station House from Google Maps Street View
Categories:- Long Island Rail Road stations
- Transportation in Suffolk County, New York
- East Hampton (town), New York
- Railway stations opened in 1895
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