The station at dusk in September 2016Babylon Yard, east of the station
Babylon station originally opened as a South Side Railroad of Long Island depot on October 28, 1867. It was briefly renamed Seaside station in the summer of 1868, but resumed its original name of Babylon station in 1869. The Central Railroad of Long Island had once planned an extension to the Great South Bay and Fire Island which was never built, and a horse car and later trolley line was provided by the Babylon Rail Road company as a substitute.[3] The CRRLI abandoned their own depot in 1874, and began to share it with SSRLI. From that point on the original SSRLI depot contained the name "Babylon & Fire Island" posted on one side.[4] The second depot opened on July 2, 1881, and contained three tracks with two low-level side platforms and two high island platforms, as well as a pedestrian bridge and a REA Express freight house.[5] Electrification came to the station in May 1925. The station became the terminus of the newly established Babylon Branch. It was razed in 1963 as part of the grade elimination project that was taking place along the entire Babylon Branch during the post-war era.[6] The new elevated third station opened on September 9, 1964.
East of the station, a train washing canopy existed in West Islip until 2005.[7][8] In June 2010, the Long Island Rail Road broke ground on a new environmentally friendly train wash canopy, since Ronkonkoma station had the only train wash on the east end. This new train wash can recycle water using filters and is capable of washing up to 180 electric multiple unit cars a day.
As budgeted in the 2008–2013 Capital Plan, station rehabilitation over the next five years will include the demolition of the existing platforms and design and construction of a new platform as well as replacement of platform waiting rooms, escalators, and elevators. The project is projected to cost $39 million and will replace infrastructure that has existed since 1964.[9][needs update]
^ abVincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., 1961
^"2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 197. (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order
^Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 90–91. ISBN0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
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The Babylon station is a station on the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Babylon New York at Railroad Avenue west of Deer Park Avenue Suffolk CR 34 It is on the Montauk Branch and is the eastern terminus of the Babylon Branch service To the west is the junction Belmont Junction with the Central Branch which heads northwest to join the Main Line at Bethpage Interlocking southeast of the Bethpage station Babylon station is elevated with two island platforms and is wheelchair accessible through elevator access The electrified portion of the Montauk Branch ends east of the station BabylonSuffolk County Transit s former S27 bus leaves Babylon stationGeneral informationLocationRailroad Avenue amp Deer Park AvenueBabylon New YorkCoordinates40 42 02 N 73 19 27 W 40 700614 N 73 32421 W 40 700614 73 32421Owned byLong Island Rail RoadLine s Montauk BranchPlatforms2 island platformsTracks3ConnectionsSuffolk County Transit 2 3 5 10 15 15 summer only Adirondack TrailwaysConstructionParkingYes village permit and metered Bicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone9HistoryOpenedOctober 28 1867 SSRRLI 1 Rebuilt1881 1964ElectrifiedMay 21 1925750 V DC third railPrevious namesSeaside July 1868 1869 1 Passengers2012 201413 366 2 Rank7 of 125ServicesPreceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Jamaicatoward Penn Station or Long Island City Montauk Branch Bay Shoretoward Montauk Hicksvillelimited servicetoward Penn Station or Long Island City Lindenhursttoward Penn Station Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal Babylon Branch TerminusFormer servicesPreceding station Long IslandRail Road Following station Lindenhursttoward Long Island City Montauk Division Bay Shoretoward Montauk South Farmingdaletoward Bethpage Central Branch Terminus Contents 1 History 2 Station layout 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp The station at dusk in September 2016 nbsp Babylon Yard east of the station Babylon station originally opened as a South Side Railroad of Long Island depot on October 28 1867 It was briefly renamed Seaside station in the summer of 1868 but resumed its original name of Babylon station in 1869 The Central Railroad of Long Island had once planned an extension to the Great South Bay and Fire Island which was never built and a horse car and later trolley line was provided by the Babylon Rail Road company as a substitute 3 The CRRLI abandoned their own depot in 1874 and began to share it with SSRLI From that point on the original SSRLI depot contained the name Babylon amp Fire Island posted on one side 4 The second depot opened on July 2 1881 and contained three tracks with two low level side platforms and two high island platforms as well as a pedestrian bridge and a REA Express freight house 5 Electrification came to the station in May 1925 The station became the terminus of the newly established Babylon Branch It was razed in 1963 as part of the grade elimination project that was taking place along the entire Babylon Branch during the post war era 6 The new elevated third station opened on September 9 1964 East of the station a train washing canopy existed in West Islip until 2005 7 8 In June 2010 the Long Island Rail Road broke ground on a new environmentally friendly train wash canopy since Ronkonkoma station had the only train wash on the east end This new train wash can recycle water using filters and is capable of washing up to 180 electric multiple unit cars a day As budgeted in the 2008 2013 Capital Plan station rehabilitation over the next five years will include the demolition of the existing platforms and design and construction of a new platform as well as replacement of platform waiting rooms escalators and elevators The project is projected to cost 39 million and will replace infrastructure that has existed since 1964 9 needs update Station layout editThe station has two 12 car long high level island platforms nbsp The station platforms in March 2019 PPlatform level Track 1 Babylon Branch toward Grand Central Madison Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station Lindenhurst Montauk Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station Hicksville or Jamaica Platform A island platform nbsp Track 2 Babylon Branch toward Grand Central Madison Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station Lindenhurst Montauk Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station Hicksville or Jamaica Platform B island platform nbsp Track 3 Montauk Branch toward Patchogue Speonk or Montauk Bay Shore Babylon Branch termination track G Ground level Exit entrance parking busesReferences edit a b Vincent F Seyfried The Long Island Rail Road A Comprehensive History Part One South Side R R of L I 1961 2012 2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report Volume I Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers PDF Metropolitan Transportation Authority August 23 2016 PDF pp 15 197 Archived PDF from the original on July 17 2019 Retrieved March 29 2020 Data collection took place after the pretest determinations starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014 2012 2014 LIRR O rigin and D estination COUNTS WEEKDAY East West Total By Station in Numerical Order BY RAIL TO FIRE ISLAND arrts arrchives com SSRR BABYLON STATION arrts arrchives com LIRR Babylon trainsarefun com Morrison David D Pakaluk Valerie 2003 Long Island Rail Road Stations Images of Rail Chicago Arcadia Publishing pp 90 91 ISBN 0 7385 1180 3 Retrieved November 25 2011 Two mid 1980s views of West Islip train wash racks 2008 2013 Capital Plan Page 69External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Babylon LIRR station Babylon LIRR Babylon LIRR timetable The Unofficial LIRR History Website 1941 Postcard usurped 1954 usurped and March 2000 Photos usurped BABYLON Interlocking The LIRR Today Station from Google Maps Street View Platforms from Google Maps Street View Waiting Room from Google Maps Street View Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Babylon station amp oldid 1213287895, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
