Port Washington is the

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of the

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in Port Washington,

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. The station is located on Main Street, between Haven Avenue and South Bayles Avenue, just west of Port Washington Boulevard (NY 101), and is 19.9 miles (32 km) from

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. A pedestrian bridge exists between the platforms, and is in line with Franklin Avenue, ending at Haven Avenue.

History

A Port Washington station was recommended to

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by a group of Port Washington residents in 1895, after a failed attempt to extend the branch between

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and Roslyn in 1882. Efforts to bring rail service to the community actually date back to the days of the

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which established an unbuilt subsidiary called the "North Shore and Port Washington Railroad" that was dissolved once the F&NS was consolidated into the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad in 1874. The station was originally built on June 23, 1898 by the

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, an LIRR subsidiary that existed between 1898 and 1902. It was electrified in 1913, and remodeled in 1930, and again in 1998 upon the station's 100th Anniversary.

Station layout

This station has two 10-car long

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s serving four tracks. The remaining tracks make up the Port Washington Yard and are used for train storage. In order to allow for increased service via the line to

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once

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is completed, two existing tracks in the yard will be extended to accommodate two additional ten-car trains. Work began in January 2018, and was scheduled to be completed by December 2020.

References

External links

*Unofficial LIRR History Website Photos
July 1999 Photo
**December 2006 Photos *
Tracks 4 & 3
and
Station House from the end of the platforms
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Station House and Bicycle Racks
near the
Historic Port Washington Directory
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Franklin Avenue pedestrian bridge over storage tracks
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View of Willowdale Avenue Bridge
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Station view fromPedestrian Bridges between PlatformsStation House from Google Maps Street ViewPlatforms from Google Maps Street ViewWaiting Room from Google Maps Street View
{{LIRR stations navbox Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1898