Mattituck (LIRR station)

Mattituck

Platform as seen in January 2010
Location Love Lane & Pike Street
Mattituck, New York
Coordinates 40°59′30″N 72°32′10″W / 40.991761°N 72.536009°W / 40.991761; -72.536009Coordinates: 40°59′30″N 72°32′10″W / 40.991761°N 72.536009°W / 40.991761; -72.536009
Owned by MTA
Line(s)
  Greenport Branch
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 3
Connections Suffolk County Transit: S92
Island Cab Company
Construction
Parking Yes; Free
Bicycle facilities Yes; Bicycle rack
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 1845
Rebuilt 1878, 1958, 2001
Previous names Mattetuck
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 11[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Main Line
(Ronkonkoma Branch)
toward Greenport
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Laurel station Main Line
(current and former locations)		 Cutchogue station

Mattituck is a station on the Main Line (Greenport Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Love Lane and Pike Street, north of New York State Route 25 in Mattituck, New York.

The station was originally named Mattetuck,[2] and opened on July 29, 1844.[3] It was rebuilt in 1878 and remodeled in 1944. The station house was closed in 1959 and razed in July 1967, but the station still remained active. When Cutchogue station was closed in June 1962, Mattituck station became one of two replacements, the other being the former Peconic station, which itself closed sometime in 1970. The station contained a total of three "produce storage" facilities, which still exists today, one of which is a real estate office.[4] A new station with high-level platforms was built between 2000 and 2001, which many stations on the LIRR were getting at the time.

Platform and track configuration

  ■   no service (freight spur)
  ■ Greenport Branch no stop (passing track)
1 ■ Greenport Branch toward Ronkonkoma (Riverhead)
■ Greenport Branch toward Greenport (Southold)

This station has one high-level side platform south of the tracks that is long enough for one and a half cars to receive and discharge passengers. The Main Line has three tracks at this location: one is a siding and one is a freight spur.

References

  1. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ↑ "The New York Traveller; Containing Railroad, Steamboat, Canal Packet, and Stage Routes Through the State of New York, Etc". 1 January 1845 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Long Island Railroad Company; Completion and Opening of Road to Greenport; 96 Miles (1844)". TrainsAreFun.com.
  4. ↑ "LIRR Mattituck".
One of three former "Produce Storage" facilities that served the station.
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