Wantagh (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Wantagh
style=LIRR

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image_caption=South platform at Wantagh Station as an eastbound M7 train arrives
address=Wantagh Avenue & Railroad Avenue
Wantagh, New York.
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Babylon
other=MTA Long Island Bus
Yellow Cab
platform=1 Island Platform
tracks=2
parking=Yes
bicycle=Yes
baggage_check=
passengers=
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pass_percent=
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opened=1867
closed=
rebuilt=1885, 1966-1967
ADA=yes
code=
owned=MTA
zone=7
former="Ridgewood Station"(1867-1891)
services=
mpassengers=

Wantagh is a station along the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Wantagh Avenue & Railroad Avenue near NY 27 (Sunrise Highway) in Wantagh, New York.

Wantagh Station was originally named "Ridgewood Station" and was built as a South Side Railroad of Long Island depot between 1867 and 1875. The station was replaced in 1885 and renamed "Wantagh" in 1891. Like so many stations along the Babylon-Montauk Branch, it was one of many that were elevated throughout Nassau and Western Suffolk Counties during the 1950s and '60s, in this case between 1966 and 1967. The former station was restored as part of the Wantagh Museum in 1969 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Wantagh Station serves as a terminus for some eastbound afternoon rush-hour trains.

MTA Long Island Bus Connections

*N73: Wantagh-Hicksville
*N74: Wantagh-Hicksville
*N87: Jones Beach Summer service

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=111 Official MTA-LIRR Wantagh Station website]
* [http://www.lirrhistory.com/mar2000/wantaugh.jpgMarch 2000 Photo (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]
* [http://subwaynut.com/lirr/wantagh/index.html Wantagh Station (The SubwayNut)]
*Former Wantagh Station (Sam Berliner):
** [http://home.att.net/~iiitoo-1/rrpix/wantagh2.jpgPreserved former Wantagh station]
** [http://home.att.net/~iiitoo-1/rrpix/wantagh1.jpg1912 LIRR Parlor/Solarium/Business/Observation car]
* [http://www.wantagh.li/museum/ Wantagh Museum]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/Nassau/state3.html Wantagh Railroad Complex (Building - #83001716)]
*Geolinks-US-buildingscale|40.672937|-73.509098

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