Stony Brook is a historic station on the

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of the

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. It is located in

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, adjacent to the campus of

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, on the southeast side of

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, across the street from the intersection of Route 25A with Cedar Street. There is also a gated at-grade pedestrian crossing between the station and a parking lot at the University, one of only a few stations on the Long Island Rail Road to feature such crossings. The train station is located in the Three Village Central School District. The station serves approximately 2,330 passengers each weekday.

History

The Stony Brook station was built in 1873 by the

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(although some sources have claimed it was built in 1888), and rebuilt in 1917. Despite the impact of the arrival of Stony Brook University in 1957, the station has remained a small one-story depot. Parking has always been limited, but efforts to increase capacity at the station have been attempted both by SUNY and

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. When the Flowerfield station (to the west) closed in 1958 and the

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station (to the east) closed in 1980, Stony Brook station became the penultimate station on the Port Jefferson Branch. High-level platforms and a track realignment took place in the late 1980s. Beginning in April 2010, the

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planned a renovation project that was intended to last until January 2011. The station underwent a renovation from August 2018 to October 2018. The renovation updated the interior and exterior of the station house, added USB charging stations, free public Wi-Fi, new benches and new CCTV security cameras.

Station layout

Stony Brook is a double-tracked station, but on both ends of the station, the two tracks merge into one. Most trains use Platform B in both directions. Between 1986 and 1988, high level platforms were added and the two tracks were slightly realigned, creating a small parking lot between the station building and the platforms.

References

External links

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STONY Interlocking (The LIRR Today)Stony Brook University Campus Bus Map
(PDF.file)
March 1999 Photograph (Unofficial LIRR History web site)

Station House from Google Maps Street ViewTwo imagesfrom 1905 (TrainsAreFun.com)
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