Farmingdale | |||||||||||||
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 The Farmingdale station in 2018 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Off Secatogue Avenue, on Front Street & Atlantic Avenue Farmingdale, New York | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||
| Line | Main Line | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 30.2 mi (48.6 km) fromLong Island City[1] | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Nassau Inter-County Express:n70,n72 (on Conklin Street) | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes; Village Permit and Metered | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes; Bike Rack | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | FMD | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | October 15, 1841 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1875, 1890, 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1987 750V (DC)third rail | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 4,625 per weekday[2] | ||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||
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Farmingdale Railroad Station | |||||||||||||
 Farmingdale station'sHistorical marker. | |||||||||||||
| Location | Farmingdale, New York,USA | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′08″N73°26′30″W / 40.735665°N 73.441713°W /40.735665; -73.441713 | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1890 | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Queen Anne | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 91001677 | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1991 | ||||||||||||
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Farmingdale is a railroadstation in theVillage of Farmingdale,Nassau County,New York, along theMain Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of theLong Island Rail Road. It is located just east of Secatogue Avenue, on South Front Street and Atlantic Avenue. The station has two platforms, with an underground pedestrian walkway connecting them. The station house is on the south platform. Parking is available on both sides of the tracks.
Farmingdale station was originally opened on October 15, 1841,[3] when the Long Island Rail Road first went through the village. It was rebuilt in July 1875 and again in 1890. An electric sub-station was added between 1908 and 1909 for theHuntington Railroad.[4] The Main Line was electrified from Hicksville to Ronkonkoma in 1987, and the Farmingdale station began serving electric trains in June 1987; the electrified line east of the station, meanwhile, was not officially in service until December 1987.[4]
On November 13, 1991, the station house was added to theNational Register of Historic Places.[5] In 1996, federal funding from theIntermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act was obtained to restore the station building.[6][7]
During the2002 US Open[8] and2009 US Open golf tournaments atBethpage State Park, the station was used by spectators as a transfer point to shuttle buses toBethpage Black Course.[9] In 2009, approximately 29 percent of all attendees arrived via the Long Island Rail Road.[10]
This station has two high-levelside platforms, each 12 cars long. Westbound trains generally serve Platform A and eastbound trains Platform B, though some weekday trains stop at the opposite platform. Farmingdale is the eastbound terminal for select weekday trains.
Platform A,side platform | |
| Track1 | ← Ronkonkoma Branch towardGrand Central Madison orPenn Station(Bethpage) Ronkonkoma Branch towardRonkonkoma(Wyandanch orPinelawn) → |
| Track2 | ← Ronkonkoma Branch towardGrand Central Madison orPenn Station(Bethpage) Ronkonkoma Branch towardRonkonkoma(Wyandanch orPinelawn) → |
| Platform B,side platform | |
Parking is available on both sides of the tracks, and requires either a permit from the Village of Farmingdale (available to residents and non-residents) or payment at parking meters. Meter regulations are not enforced on weekends.[11] Another parking lot exists west of the station along Front Street and behind private property along the west side of Elizabeth Street. Village permits are also required for this parking lot.
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