- Hampton Bays (LIRR station)
Infobox Station
name=Hampton Bays
style=LIRR
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address=Good Ground Road, between Springville Road and Ponoquogue AvenueHampton Bays, New York ,
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Montauk
other=Suffolk County Transit
Hampton Coach
platform=1
tracks=2
parking=Yes; Free
bicycle=Yes
baggage_check=
passengers=
pass_year=
pass_percent=
pass_system=
opened=1869 or 1871
closed=1873, 1958
rebuilt=1874, 1913, 1974, 2000-01
ADA=yes
code=
owned=MTA
zone=14
former= Good Ground(1869-1922)
services=
mpassengers=Hampton Bays is railroad station along the
Montauk Branch of theLong Island Rail Road . it is located on Good Ground Road, between Springville Road and Suffolk CR 32(Ponoquogue Avenue) inHampton Bays, New York . Parking is free and entirley along Good Ground Road.Hampton Bays Station was originally built in either 1869 or February 1871 as “Good Ground”, until June 1922, hence the name of the street its located on. The station was burned on
November 4 ,1873 . The second station was opened onJanuary 10 ,1874 , and closed in 1913, but used as an "express house" for the 3rd depot, which opened in the Summer 1913. The station house was closed in 1958, but remained a flag stop, then razed sometime around 1964. The station stop was moved 2,000 feet west onDecember 26 ,1974 . The relocated depot's high-level platforms were added between 2000-01.When Quogue Station was closed on
March 16 ,1998 , Hampton Bays was one of the two stations that was used to replace it. The other was Westhampton.
=Suffolk County Transit Bus Connections=*S92: Orient Point-East Hampton.
*10D: Hampton Bays-East Quogue.
*10E: Hampton Bays Loop.External links
* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=132 Official MTA-LIRR Hampton Bays Station Website]
*Unofficial LIRR History Website
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/march2001/hamp1915.jpg1915 Post Card]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/feb2000/hmptbay.jpgCurrent Station (February 2000 photo)]
*Unofficial LIRR Photography Site
** [http://lirrpics.com/hampton_bays.htm Hampton Bays Station]###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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