Amagansett (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Amagansett
style=LIRR


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address=Main Street and Abrahms Landing Road
Amagansett, NY.
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Montauk
other=Suffolk County Transit
Hampton Jitney
Amagansett Taxi
platform=1
tracks=1(Side track exists east of station)
parking=Yes
bicycle=Yes
baggage_check=No
passengers=
pass_year=
pass_percent=
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opened=1895
closed=1909, 1964
rebuilt=1910, 1965, 2001.
ADA=yes
code=
owned=MTA
zone=14
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mpassengers=

Amagansett is a station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Railroad. It is located at Main Street(NY 27) and Abrahms Landing Road(Former Suffolk CR 33A), in Amagansett, New York.

Amagansett Station opened on June 1, 1895 and was burned to the ground in 1909, reportedly by a disgruntled LIRR employee. The station was rebuilt on August 15, 1910 in the style typical of stations such as Riverhead, Bay Shore, Northport, and Mineola. Until 1929, it also featured trains sheds, a wye, and coal and water dispensing facilities. On June 13, 1942, Nazi saboteurs used Amagansett station en route to New York City for the failed mission known as Operation Pastorius. [ [http://www.montauklife.com/history/history_night_of_the_nazis.html Night of the Nazis (Montauk Life)] ] The station house was closed either in 1958 or January 1959, then razed on August 31, 1964 and replaced with a sheltered platform in 1965, a fact which has aroused utter disgust among railfans and local historians. The 1895-built former freight house survives, but was abandoned. High-level platforms were added between 2000 and 2001, as many stations along the Long Island Railroad were getting at the time.

Bus Connections

Suffolk County Transit Buses
*10C: East Hampton-Montauk.

*Hampton Jitney

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=137 Official MTA-LIRR Amagansett Station Website]
* [http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/ag.html Amagansett Station -- By Rail To The Sea] (Arrt's Arrchives)
*Unofficial LIRR History Website
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/march2001/amag1911.jpg1911 Postcard]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/oct2002/amg.jpg1910's Painting]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/mar2000/amagan.jpgMarch 2000 (Current Amagansett Station)]
* [http://ny.existingstations.com/archive/297.jpgAbandoned Freight House (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)]
*Unofficial LIRR Photography Site (lirrpics.com)
** [http://lirrpics.com/amagansett.htm Amagansett Station]

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