Westhampton is a station 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. Howe ...

of the Long Island Rail Road. It is on Station Road and Depot Road in

Westhampton, New York Westhampton is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 3,079 at the 2010 census. Westhampton is in the Town of Southampton. Geography Westhampton is located at (40.822894, -72.66 ...

, just west of Old Riverhead Road and south of the

Francis S. Gabreski Airport Francis S. Gabreski Airport is a county-owned, joint civil-military airport located north of the central business district of Westhampton Beach, in Suffolk County, Long Island, United States. It is approximately east of New York City. Known ...

. Westhampton station was originally built between February and March 1870 along what was then the

Sag Harbor Branch The Sag Harbor Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road that was the eastern terminal on the south shore line of Long Island from 1869 to 1895 and then was a spur from Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor, New York from 1895 to 1939. It originall ...

. In 1905 a second station was built when the first one was moved to a private location. The station burned down in 1986, but was rebuilt sometime between then and the year 2000. Currently the station has a high-level sheltered platform. When

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station was closed on March 16, 1998, Westhampton was one of the two stations that replaced it. The other was Hampton Bays. Westhampton LIRR Station House

Station layout

The station has one eight-car-long high-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

on the south side of the main track. A siding is on the north side of the main track.

References

External links

February 2000 Photo (Unofficial LIRR History Website)Station entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{LIRR stations navbox Long Island Rail Road stations in Suffolk County, New York The Hamptons, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1870 1870 establishments in New York (state)