Glen Head is a station along the

Oyster Bay Branch The Oyster Bay Branch is a rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch splits from the Main Line just east of Mineola station, and runs north and east to Oyster Bay. The bran ...

of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Glen Head Road (Glenwood Road) and School Street in

Glen Head, New York Glen Head is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the greater Glen Cove area, which is anchored ...

. However, parking is available between Glen Head Road and Locust Avenue on the east side of the tracks and between Glen Head Road and Walnut Avenue on the west side of the tracks.

History

The village of Glen Head (and the station that serves it) got its name from being the initial terminus "head of the rails" for the Glen Cove Branch from January 23, 1865, to 1867. In July 1866 the Post Office changed the old name of the town from Cedar Swamp to Greenvale, but in February 1874 made another change to Glenwood. The railroad used the name Glen Head always and this has prevailed.The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880 Vincent Seyfried Page 203
A new station building was opened in May 1888. It was a two-story red brick structure and contained elaborate gingerbread woodwork along the canopies. It was rebuilt again midway through 1961 with the current one-story cedar-shingled depot. Glen Head station 1930

Station layout

The station has two 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 platforms ...

s, each four cars long.

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Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1865 1865 establishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-railstation-stub

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Station layout

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