Yaphank | |||||||||||||
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 The Yaphank station's platform at night in 2006, looking west | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Park Street Yaphank, New York | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′32″N72°54′57″W / 40.825656°N 72.915841°W /40.825656; -72.915841 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||
| Line | Main Line | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 58.6 mi (94.3 km) fromLong Island City[1] | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes; Free | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | YPK | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 12 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1845 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1871 | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Milleville (1845–1846) | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 9 per weekday[2] | ||||||||||||
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Yaphank is astation in thehamlet ofYaphank, New York on theMain Line (Greenport Branch) of theLong Island Rail Road. It is located on Park Street nearYaphank Avenue (CR 21). It is also accessible from streets in and aroundSuffolk County. The distance between Yaphank and the next station,Riverhead, is the longest distance between stations in the LIRR at 14.7 miles (23.7 km). Government buildings are located on the north side of the tracks at the bottom of the Yaphank Avenue overpass.
The two sites that are closest to the station are theSuffolk County Police Department auto mechanics shop (a.k.a. "Vector Center") as well as aGeorgia-Pacific railroad lumber yard. The historicSuffolk County Almshouse Barn and the former Suffolk County Sanitorium can be found northwest of the station, as well as the Yaphank Avenue bridge over the tracks.
Yaphank is the LIRR's least used station, getting 2,745 riders in 2021.[3]
Yaphank station was originally built as Milleville station in 1845, and was spelled both as Millville or Milleville on LIRR timetables. It was renamed Yaphank a year later, and has kept that name ever since. The station also included a hotel until December 1873.[4] Yaphank station was replaced by a second station building in 1875 that contained elaborate gingerbread woodwork. BeforeWorld War II, Yaphank station was known as the stop for the "Camp Siegfried Special," a train that took members of theGerman American Bund Nazi organization from parts ofNew York City to an infamousHitler Youth camp known asCamp Siegfried.[5] The decorative features were reduced considerably in June 1941,[6] and then the station house was closed in 1958 and burned down in 1961. After this, it was little more than a sheltered platform surrounded by concrete. During the late 1970s, it became the stop for special trains with a connecting bus toParr Meadows Racetrack.[7] High-level platforms replaced this configuration in the late 1990s.[8]
This station will be replacedby a new station in the hamlet ofEast Yaphank, withinShirley, in 2026, which will better serve the local community and will also serve the nearbyBrookhaven National Laboratory.[8][9][10] Agroundbreaking ceremony for the new station was held on April 3, 2025.[8][11]
Just east of Yaphank station, another station in Yaphank, Carman's River station, opened on June 26, 1844.[12] It served as the temporary terminus of the LIRR main line untilManorville andRiverhead stations were built in 1845. The station was removed from the June 14, 1845 timetable.[13][14]
This station has one high-levelside platform north of the track that is long enough for one and a half cars to receive and discharge passengers.
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | |
| Track1 | ← Ronkonkoma Branch limited service towardRonkonkoma(Medford) Ronkonkoma Branch limited service towardGreenport(Riverhead) → |
