Harbor Road was a

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on the abandoned

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of the

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. The station, located under the overpass at the highest point of Harbor Road, was built in an

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with two tracks and one

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. It was located from the

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. The station was opened during the SIRT grade crossing elimination project of 1935 – 1937. It closed on March 31, 1953, along with the

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and the rest of the North Shore Branch. The station was demolished in 2004 during a reconstruction of the rail system for reactivated freight service by the nearby

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References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20150108175705/http://stationreporter.net/nshore.htm * http://gretschviking.net/GOSIRTNorthShore.htm North Shore Branch stations Railway stations closed in 1953 1953 disestablishments in New York (state) {{StatenIsland-railstation-stub