Center Moriches ( ) was a station stop 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 miles (185 km) from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east. How ...

of the

Long Island Rail Road The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk Co ...

. It was located on Railroad Avenue and Hamilton Street in

Center Moriches, New York Center Moriches ( ) is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 7,580 at the 2010 census. Center Moriches is in the town of Br ...

History

The station was built by the

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, around 1881 as "Moriches Station" after the original Moriches station was renamed for the geographically correct Eastport, New York. At some point the station was renamed as well for the more geographically correct

. Until 1906, it was also a terminal with a wye, a small yard, and a transfer point for one of the east end scoots. When

East Moriches East Moriches ( ) is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 5,249 at the 2010 census. The name Moriches comes from Meritces, a Native American who owned land on ...

and Eastport stations were closed by the Long Island Rail Road on October 6, 1958, commuters who used those stations were advised to use Center Moriches station, thus transforming it into the last railroad station in the Moricheses. The station house was razed in 1964, but a new shelter was built sometime around 1985. The station closed on March 16, 1998; at the time, it only served 5 passengers per day. The arrival of the C3 bi-level coaches meant that all stations in the LIRR's diesel territory had to receive high-level platforms, and building new platforms for such a low-usage station was not cost-effective.

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Center Moriches Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
Former Long Island Rail Road stations in Suffolk County, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1881 1881 establishments in New York (state) Railway stations closed in 1998 1998 disestablishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-railstation-stub