East Williston | |||||||||||
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.JPG) The decorative shelter for East Williston station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | NY 25B & Pennsylvania Avenue East Williston andWilliston Park, NY | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°45′22″N73°38′22″W / 40.75614°N 73.639426°W /40.75614; -73.639426 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
| Line | Oyster Bay Branch | ||||||||||
| Distance | 19.8 mi (31.9 km) fromLong Island City[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Nassau Inter-County Express: n27(n27 stops three blocks east onRoslyn Road) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | EWN | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | February 1880 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1965-1966, 1982 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1934 750V (DC)third rail | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 859 per weekday[2] | ||||||||||
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East Williston is the firststation along theOyster Bay Branch of theLong Island Rail Road, located atHillside Avenue (NY 25B) and Pennsylvania Avenue on the border between theIncorporated Villages ofEast Williston andWilliston Park, inNassau County,New York.
Electricthird rail territory ends just north of the station, but as of 2024, all service is provided by diesel bi-level trains.
East Williston's station house opened in February 1880 by theGlen Cove Branch Rail Road.[3][4][5] It originally contained a freight house and wooden platform shelters that were closed during the mid-20th century.[5] The third rail was installed fromMineola to East Williston in June 1934; there were originally plans to electrify the entire Oyster Bay Branch – however, this did not occur.[4][5] East Williston was also a more convenient and less busy location for turning back electric trains to Mineola – a service since made redundant by subsequent extensions of the electrification toHicksville and points east.[4]
The canopies surrounding the station house began to sag by 1960.[5] That same year, the LIRR considered closing both the East Williston station and theAlbertson station, and combining the two stations in between the current existing ones; the project also would have eliminated the grade crossing with Hillside Avenue (NY 25B), adjacent to the station.[5][6] However, after a great deal of community opposition, those plans were shelved, and East Williston's canopies were restored between 1965 and 1966.[5][6]
High level platforms were added to the station in December 1982.[5][7] These projects did little to keep the station house in stable condition, and it was closed on December 10, 1996.[5] Since then, it has operated as little more than a pair of sheltered high-level platforms with ticket vending machines and accessible ramps. Efforts to preserve the original station house failed when it was found to be too structurally unstable, and it was razed on December 11, 2004.[5] Some in the community have been considering building a whole new version of the original station house, but have instead opted for a decorative open-air shelter.[5][8]
The station has two high-levelside platforms, each long enough to accommodate 10 train cars.
Platform A,side platform | |
| Track1 | ← Oyster Bay Branch towardLong Island City orPenn Station(Mineola) |
| Track2 | Oyster Bay Branch towardOyster Bay(Albertson) → |
| Platform B,side platform | |
Media related toEast Williston (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
