Smithtown is a station on the

Port Jefferson Branch The Port Jefferson Branch is a rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. The branch splits from the Main Line (Long Island Rail Road), Main Line just east of Hicksville ...

of the

Long Island Rail Road The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island. With an average week ...

. It is located off a low bridge over NY 25 – 25A along Redwood Lane between NY 25-25A and Landing Avenue in

Smithtown, New York Smithtown is a town in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. The population was 116,296 at the 2020 Census. The census-designated place (CDP) of Smithtown lies within the town ...

History

Smithtown station was originally built in 1872 by Charles Hallett of Riverhead for the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad. In 1937, the station was rebuilt, and the grade crossing at Main Street ( NY 25/

NY 25A New York State Route 25A (NY 25A) is a state highway on Long Island in New York, United States. It serves as the main east–west route for most of the North Shore of Long Island, running for from Interstate 495 (I-495) at the ...

) immediately west of the station was eliminated. A freight spur exists west of the bridge under Brooksite Drive. The station contains a mural along the track side of the station called "Nissequogue Passages," by Robert Carioscia, which was sponsored by the Smithtown Township Arts Council in 1989.

Station layout

This 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 platfo ...

s, each 12 cars long. On either end of the station, however, the tracks merge. Therefore, most trains utilize Platform B, with select trains using Platform A to allow two trains to bypass each other through the station.

References

External links

Smithtown Station from NY 25-25A Bridge; Winter 1984Smithtown Station from NY 25-25A Bridge; December 6, 2006

Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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