Calverton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The former Calverton LIRR station on November 14, 2014. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Edwards and Railroad Avenues Calverton, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°54′32″N72°44′36″W / 40.908794°N 72.743343°W /40.908794; -72.743343 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1981[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Baiting Hollow (1880–1897) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Calverton was a station stop along theGreenport Branch of theLong Island Rail Road inCalverton, New York. The station was built in 1880 and closed in 1981.[1]
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Calverton station was originally built around 1880 asBaiting Hollow. It was also intended to be the terminus of one of two formerly proposed extensions of theWading River Branch.[2] The depot closed and moved to undisclosed location around 1922 and second depot built further east around same year, which was located on Railroad Avenue between North River Road and Edwards Avenue. Calverton was the site of the deadly Golden's Pickle Works wreck on Friday, August 13, 1926.[3] The station closed in 1981. The disused metal station shelter currently remains.[4][5][6]
West of the station, a spur to theNaval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant used byGrumman closed in the early 1990s. In February 2010 plans were announced to reactivate the spur in a $3.5 million rehabilitation for freight trains of theNew York and Atlantic Railway to serve anindustrial park at the airport. Funds came from thefederal stimulus funding. The spur was reopened in 2011 and parallels Connecticut Avenue to the airport.[7][8][9]
At the same spot as Calverton there was a previous station namedHulse Turnout.[10] Hulse Turnout first appears on the 1852 timetable[11] and is gone by 1858.[12]
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