Promised Land (LIRR station)

Promised Land
Owned by LIRR
Line(s)
  Montauk Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code None
History
Opened June 29, 1900 (1900-06-29)
Closed December 31, 1928 (1928-12-31)
Services

None (Closed)

Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Fanny Bartlett station Montauk Branch
(current and former locations)		 Montauk station

Promised Land or Promise Land was a former railroad station stop on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It opened as a flag stop only, for employees of neighboring fish processing plants. The station appears as a signal stop as '"Promise Land" in special instructions of employee timetable #15 of June 29, 1900. It also appears in the special instructions of employee timetable #27 of June 25, 1908. It also appears in special instructions of employee timetable #49 of September 9, 1908. It also appears under station designaion S106 in 1903, 1913, and 1924 CR4BOOKS according to Art Huneke. The station closed on December 31, 1928 according to Robert Emery.[1]

References

  1. ↑ LIRR Station History Promised Land


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