Oakdale (LIRR station)

Oakdale
Oakdale station from the entrance at Oakdale-Bohemia Road.
Station statistics
Address	Montauk Highway and Oakdale-Bohemia Road Oakdale, New York
Coordinates	40°44′36″N 73°07′57″W / 40.7434°N 73.1324°W / 40.7434; -73.1324Coordinates: 40°44′36″N 73°07′57″W / 40.7434°N 73.1324°W / 40.7434; -73.1324
Lines	Montauk Branch
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: S40 Colonial Taxi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Parking	Yes; Free
Other information
Opened	1868
Rebuilt	1890
Accessible
Owned by	MTA
Fare zone	10
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	501[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Great River toward New York terminals Montauk Branch Sayville toward Montauk

Oakdale is a picturesque railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, on the corner of Oakdale-Bohemia Road and Montauk Boulevard in view of Montauk Highway across Norman DeMott Park, in Oakdale, New York.

Oakdale Station was originally built as a depot by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1868. It was razed in 1890 and a second station built in December of that year. Legend has it that the station was rebuilt in order to be suitable for guests arriving at the wedding of Consuelo Vanderbilt.^[2] As a result, the station is often referred to as "the wedding station." On December 10, 1994, the station lived up to its given nickname by hosting an actual wedding in front of the fireplace in the waiting room.^[3] Oakdale station also included a freight house that was active until the 1970s. Today this freight house is a storage facility for the LIRR.

Platforms and tracks

The station has two high-level side platforms each four cars long. The north platform next to Track 1 is generally used by westbound trains; the south platform next to Track 2 is generally used by eastbound trains. The Montauk Branch has two tracks here.

Notable Places Nearby

• Connetquot River State Park
• Dowling College
• Former La Salle Military Academy

References

1. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
2. ^ Dowling College; The Estate and Environs (Oakdale Railroad Station)
3. ^ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Arcadia Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 0738511803. 

External links

Media related to Oakdale (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official LIRR station information page for Oakdale
• Station timetable for Oakdale
• Original Oakdale Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Train #272 @ Oakdale Station (TrainsAreFun.com)
• Oakdale Freight House (1971 Photo) (Unofficial LIRR Website)
• YouTube Videos
  • Eastbound and Westbound Double-Decker Trains at Oakdale
• Unofficial LIRR Photography Site (lirrpics.com)
  • Oakdale Station
• Station from Oakdale-Bohemia Road from Google Maps Street View