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 A westbound train at the Bethpage station in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′35″N73°29′00″W / 40.742994°N 73.483359°W /40.742994; -73.483359 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 27.9 mi (44.9 km) fromLong Island City[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes; Free andTown of Oyster Bay permits | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BPG | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1987 750V (DC)third rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Jerusalem Station (1854–1936) Jerusalem (1863–1936) Central Park (1867–1936) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 4,963 per weekday[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bethpage station is acommuter rail station along theMain Line of theLong Island Rail Road. It is located at Stewart Avenue and Jackson Avenue, inBethpage, New York, and servesRonkonkoma Branch trains. Trains that travel along theCentral Branch also use these tracks, but do not stop here.
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) tracks were completed on the present line in 1841.[3] At first, trains did not stop here, with Bethpage appearing only as a notation ("late Bethpage") associated with theFarmingdale station to the east.[4] By 1854, the LIRR stopped at a local station calledJerusalem.[5][6] A local post office opened January 29, 1857, with the nameJerusalem Station.[7] In 1867, the residents voted to change the name of the local post office toCentral Park, and both that and Jerusalem appeared on LIRR schedules until 1936. The station and the post office were renamedBethpage on October 1, 1936.[8] In 1959, the station burned down and was replaced. Electrified service through the station was inaugurated in 1987.[9]
Two nearby stations also had Bethpage in their name:
From 1873 until 1876, the Central Railroad of Long Island had a regularly scheduled stop also namedCentral Park near Stewart Avenue and Motor Lane inPlainedge, approximately 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of the present station.[10][11][12] Service was continued by the LIRR at that location until about 1924.
There are two tracks at this station with two 12-car high-levelside platforms.
Platform A,side platform | |
| Track1 | ← Ronkonkoma Branch towardGrand Central Madison orPenn Station(Hicksville) ← Montauk Branch does not stop here |
| Track2 | Montauk Branch does not stop here → Ronkonkoma Branch towardFarmingdale orRonkonkoma(Farmingdale) → |
| Platform B,side platform | |
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