Mattituck 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.

Mattituck
Platform as seen in January 2010
LocationLove Lane & Pike Street
Mattituck, New York
Coordinates40.991761°N 72.536009°W / 40.991761; -72.536009
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Main Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
Connections Suffolk County Transit: S92
Construction
ParkingYes; Free
Bicycle facilitiesYes; Bicycle rack
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1844
Rebuilt1878, 1958, 2001
Previous namesMattetuck
Passengers
200611[1]
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station
Riverhead
towards Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station via Ronkonkoma
 Ronkonkoma Branch
Greenport Branch
 Southold
towards Greenport
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
Laurel
toward Long Island City or Penn Station
 Main Line Cutchogue
toward Greenport

History
One of three former "Produce Storage" facilities that served the station.

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.

Station layout

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".
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