Bellport is a station along the

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of the

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, at Bellport Station Road and

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North Bellport, New York North Bellport is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of Brookhaven, New York, United States. The population was 11,545 at the 2010 census. History North Bellport was built by the Hagerman Land Company, named after t ...

History

The station was originally built in the summer of 1882 by the

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, an LIRR subsidiary designed to expand the former

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toward the east end. When

Hagerman station Hagerman was a rail station stop in Hagerman, New York along the Montauk Branch The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 mi ...

was closed by the LIRR in 1929, the railroad advised travelers to use this station as a substitute. Twenty-nine years later, on October 6, 1958 the Brookhaven station was closed, sending commuters of that station here as well. Bellport's station house was closed in January 1959 and razed in May 1964, replaced with a shelter-shed. The LIRR was planning to close this station on March 16, 1998 along with ten other stations due to low ridership, but decided to keep it open due to community opposition. A depot with a high-level platform was built between 1998 and 1999, as many stations on the LIRR were getting at the time.

Station layout

The station has one high-level platform on the south side of the two tracks, long enough for one and a half cars to receive and discharge passengers. The north track, not next to the platform, is a siding. Unlike other stations, this station has neither a ticket vending machine nor a ticket office.

References

External links

1962 Photograph (Arrt's Arrchives)
*Unofficial LIRR Photography Pages

Station from Station Road from Google Maps Street View
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