- Country Life Press (LIRR station)
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Country Life Press 
Station statistics Address St. James Street South, between Chestnut Street and Damson Street
Garden City, New York,Coordinates 40°43′16″N 73°37′46″W / 40.721234°N 73.629405°WCoordinates: 40°43′16″N 73°37′46″W / 40.721234°N 73.629405°W Lines Connections Garden City Taxi Platforms 1 side platform Tracks 1 Parking Yes Other information Opened 1911 Electrified May 26, 1908
750V (DC) third railAccessible 
Owned by MTA Fare zone 4 Traffic Passengers (2006) 1,236[1] Services Preceding station LIRR Following station toward New York terminalsHempstead Branch TerminusCountry Life Press is one of five stations of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Garden City, New York. It serves the Hempstead Branch and is located on Damson Street and St. James Street South in Garden City.
The station was originally opened in 1911 for the sole purpose of serving the Doubleday & McClure Publishing Company.[2] Country Life Press station has some former rights-of-way that led to the West Hempstead and the Oyster Bay Branches.[3] It also included the remnants of the Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road that terminates near Nassau Coliseum.
Platform and track
The station has one 10-car-long side platform on the east side of the single track.
References
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ Hempstead Branch Stations (Unofficial LIRR history Website)
- ^ Mineola to West Hempstead Branch (Unofficial LIRR History Web Site)
External links
- Official LIRR station information page for Country Life Press
- Station timetable for Country Life Press
- Country Life Press Station History (Arrt's Arrchives)
- St. James Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Categories:- Long Island Rail Road stations
- Garden City, New York
- Transportation in Nassau County, New York
- Railway stations opened in 1911
- New York railway station stubs
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