Hicksville | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Hicksville station in March 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Newbridge Road and West Barclay Street Hicksville, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′02″N73°31′43″W / 40.767101°N 73.528686°W /40.767101; -73.528686 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 24.8 mi (39.9 km) fromLong Island City[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Nassau Inter-County Express:n20H,n22,n24,n48,n49,n78,n79,n79x,n80, Mini Syosset | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes;Town of Oyster Bay permits and private parking garages | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | March 1, 1837 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1873, 1909, 1962, 2014–2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | October 19, 1970 750V (DC)third rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–14 | 21,924 per weekday[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 3 out of126 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hicksville is acommuter rail station on theMain Line andPort Jefferson Branch of theLong Island Rail Road, located inHicksville,New York. It is the busiest station east ofJamaica,Penn Station, andGrand Central Madison by combined weekday/weekend ridership.
The station is located atNewbride Road (NY 106) and West Barclay Street. It has twoisland platforms and three tracks. It iswheelchair accessible, with an elevator to each platform from street level. It is served by eightNassau Inter-County Express routes and two cab services on the ground level of the station.
Hicksville station's first depot opened on March 1, 1837, and it served as the temporary terminus of the LIRR.[3] Both the station and the eponymous hamlet were established by Valentine Hicks – the son of an abolitionist preacher who also briefly served as President of the LIRR.[3]
In 1841, the Main Line was extended east from Hicksville toFarmingdale, after a delay caused by the depression that had begun with thePanic of 1837.[3]
In 1854, the station gained a line known as theHicksville and Syosset Railroad that later became thePort Jefferson Branch of the LIRR.[3] Ten years later, on July 15, 1864, Hicksville's first depot burned down. A second depot opened in September 1873, and was moved to a private location in 1909. The third depot opened on October 30, 1909, and was razed in November 1962 as the current elevated structure was being built.[3][4][5] The elevated station opened on September 12, 1964.[3][5][6]
In 1965, an eagle sculpture from the originalPenn Station, which had recently been demolished, was moved to the Hicksville station. The sculpture was subsequently installed in the station's parking lot, where it remains standing today.[3][7]
In October 1970, third-rail electrification on the Main Line was extended fromMineola through Hicksville toHuntington[8] thereby introducing direct electric train service to Penn Station (Hicksville customers had previously been required to change trains atJamaica).[8] The first electric train to serve the Hicksville station ran on October 19th of that year.[8]
On October 30, 1979, theMTA took over control of the station's escalators from theHicksville Escalator District – aspecial district responsible for maintaining and paying for the escalators at the station; the controversial district was dissolved upon this transfer of ownership.[9]
The station underwent a full renovation beginning in early 2014.[10] The $121 million renovation included replacing station platforms, escalators, elevators, waiting rooms, canopies, and lighting. Security cameras were also added during the renovation.[10] Construction was estimated to last through 2017, and was expected to be completed by August 2018.[10][11][12] Platform A was the first platform to be rebuilt, reopening in September 2017.[13] The electrical substation at Hicksville station will be replaced as part of theMain Line third track project.[14] The rehabilitation project was officially completed in September 2018.
Generally, Platform A serves westbound trains and Platform B serves eastbound trains. Track 2 operates with the flow of rush hour, handling westbound trains in the morning and eastbound trains in the evening, though some westbound trains will use Platform B. Most Montauk Branch trains pass through the station without stopping. East of the station, thePort Jefferson Branch splits from the Main Line atDIVIDE Interlocking.
| P Platform level | Track1 | ← Port Jefferson Branch towardGrand Central Madison,Long Island City, orPenn Station(Westbury) ← Ronkonkoma Branch towardGrand Central Madison orPenn Station(Mineola) |
Platform A,island platform | ||
| Track2 | ← Port Jefferson Branch towardGrand Central Madison,Long Island City, orPenn Station(Westbury) Port Jefferson Branch towardHuntington orPort Jefferson(Syosset) → ← Ronkonkoma Branch AM rush hours towardGrand Central Madison orPenn Station(Mineola) Ronkonkoma Branch towardFarmingdale orRonkonkoma(Bethpage) → ← Montauk Branch AM rush hours towardLong Island City(Mineola) Montauk Branch PM rush hours towardPatchogue orMontauk(Babylon) → | |
| Platform B,island platform | ||
| Track3 | Port Jefferson Branch towardHuntington orPort Jefferson(Syosset) → Ronkonkoma Branch towardFarmingdale orRonkonkoma(Bethpage) → Montauk Branch PM rush hours towardPatchogue orMontauk(Babylon) → | |
| G | Ground level | Exit/entrance, parking, buses |
In January 2025, it was officially announced announced that a new Long Island branch ofAmtrak'sNortheast Regional, running east toRonkonkoma via the LIRR's Main Line, would serve the Hicksville Station, with an intermediate stop atJamaica east ofPenn Station.[15] The year prior, Amtrak conducted a study of the new service through a $500 million federal grant.[16] As of January 2025, Amtrak service is anticipated to begin in 2028.[15]
