Babylon | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Suffolk County Transit's former S27 bus at Babylon station | ||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Railroad Avenue &Deer Park Avenue Babylon,New York | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′02″N73°19′27″W / 40.700614°N 73.32421°W /40.700614; -73.32421 | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||||
| Line | Montauk Branch | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2island platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Suffolk County Transit: 2, 3, 5, 10, 15 (15 summer only)Adirondack Trailways | |||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes (village permit and metered) | |||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | |||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | October 28, 1867 (SSRRLI)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1881, 1964, 2024–2026 | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | May 21, 1925 750V (DC)third rail | |||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Seaside (July 1868–1869)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012—2014 | 13,366[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 7 of125 | |||||||||||||||||
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Babylon is an intermodal transportation hub in the village ofBabylon, New York, located at Railroad Avenue, west ofDeer Park Avenue (CR 34). It is on theMontauk Branch of theLong Island Rail Road and is the eastern terminus of service on the LIRR'sBabylon Branch – and additionally serves as a major hub forSuffolk County Transit buses.
To the west of the station is Belmont Junction, where the LIRR'sCentral Branch splits from the Montauk Branch, to head northwest to join theMain Line at BETH Interlocking, southeast of theBethpage station.
TheBabylon station is elevated with twoisland platforms and iswheelchair accessible through elevator access. Theelectrified portion of the Montauk Branch ends east of the station, at the Babylon Yard.
Babylon station originally opened as aSouth Side Railroad of Long Island depot on October 28, 1867. It was briefly renamed Seaside station in the summer of 1868, but resumed its original name of Babylon station in 1869. TheCentral Railroad of Long Island had once planned an extension to theGreat South Bay andFire Island which was never built, and a horse car and later trolley line was provided by theBabylon Rail Road company as a substitute.[3] The CRRLI abandoned their own depot in 1874, and began to share it with SSRLI. From that point on the original SSRLI depot contained the name "Babylon & Fire Island" posted on one side.[4] The second depot opened on July 2, 1881, and contained three tracks with two low-level side platforms and two high island platforms, as well as a pedestrian bridge and aREA Express freight house.[5]
Electrification came to the station in May 1925, at which time the station became the terminus of the newly established Babylon Branch.[6] It was razed in 1963 as part of the grade crossing elimination project that was taking place along the entire Babylon Branch during the post-war era.[6][7] The new, elevated third station opened on September 9, 1964.[6][8]
East of the station, a train washing canopy existed inWest Islip until 2005.[9][10] In June 2010, the Long Island Rail Road broke ground on a new environmentally friendly train wash canopy, as at the time, the Mid-Suffolk Yard adjacent to theRonkonkoma station had the only train wash on the east end. This new train wash can recycle water using filters and is capable of washing up to 180electric multiple unit cars a day.
A station rehabilitation budgeted in the 2008–2013 Capital Plan was to include the demolition of the existing platforms and design and construction of a new platform as well as replacement of platform waiting rooms, escalators, and elevators. The project was projected to cost $39 million and would replace infrastructure that has existed since 1964.[8][11] The project was ultimately delayed, with funding deferred to a future capital plan.[8]
In 2024, as part of the 2025–2029 Capital Plan, the LIRR station began undergoing a significant reconstruction project.[8] Starting that September, the eastern and western portions of the station's platforms closed for demolition and reconstruction, with construction expected to be completed in May 2026.[8] As part of the project, the station will additionally receive new platform canopies, escalators & elevators, and the replacement of bathrooms, stairs, platforms, and waiting rooms.[8]
The station has two 12-car-long high-levelisland platforms, located on an elevated structure.[8]
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| P Platform level | Track1 | ← Babylon Branch towardGrand Central Madison,Atlantic Terminal, orPenn Station(Lindenhurst) ← Montauk Branch towardLong Island City orPenn Station(Hicksville orJamaica) |
Platform A,island platform | ||
| Track2 | ← Babylon Branch towardGrand Central Madison,Atlantic Terminal, orPenn Station(Lindenhurst) ← Montauk Branch towardLong Island City orPenn Station(Hicksville orJamaica) | |
| Platform B,island platform | ||
| Track3 | Montauk Branch towardPatchogue,Speonk, orMontauk(Bay Shore) → Babylon Branch termination track → | |
| G | Ground level | Exit/entrance, parking, buses |
Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order
