East Yaphank station

East Yaphank
General information
Owned byMTA
Tracks1
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone12
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Medford
toward Ronkonkoma
 Ronkonkoma Branch
Greenport Branch
 Riverhead
toward Ronkonkoma

East Yaphank is a proposed station in the hamlet of East Yaphank, New York on the Main Line (Greenport Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. The station would serve Brookhaven National Laboratory and would replace the existing Yaphank station.

History

On January 10, 2017, Governor Andrew Cuomo, as part of his State of the State Address, announced a proposal to build a station at Brookhaven National Laboratory for $20 million.[1] The station is intended to serve the community of East Yaphank and Brookhaven National Laboratory. This proposal is intended to create jobs and stimulate economic growth in Suffolk County.[2] As part of the April 2018 revision to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2015–2019 Capital Program, the proposed station was renamed East Yaphank to better describe the station's potential location.[3] The station will replace the stop at Yaphank,[4] which is hard to find, according to local residents, and only has 30 daily riders.[5]

Before the Governor's announcement, on July 21, 2016, elected officials from Brookhaven and the East End of Long Island had requested that the LIRR move the little-used stop at Yaphank to an industrial park near Brookhaven Technology Center and the William Floyd Parkway. In response, LIRR officials announced that the agency had been evaluating the potential relocation of the station as part of its Network Strategy Study.[6][7]

In December 2018, the consulting contract for the project's Preliminary Design and Environmental Review was awarded to Gannet Fleming for $4,040,289. The consultant will identify and evaluate potential station sites, and 30% of the design of the station, which could be in electric territory later on.[8] The environmental review is scheduled to be completed in December 2019, with procurement on the design-build contract scheduled for 2020.[9] The remainder of the $20 million will be used for the second phase of the project, which will be the design-build portion of the project, including the removal of the Yaphank station.[5][10]

References

  1. ^ "Governor Cuomo Presents 24th Proposal of 2017 State of the State: $160 Million to Transform Long Island". Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. January 10, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Long Island Rail Road Committee Meeting 3/19/2018" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 19, 2018. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "MTA Capital Program 2015–2019" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 25, 2018. p. 54. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  4. ^ "Brookhaven Lab Station". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 31, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  5. ^ a b MacGowan, Carl (January 20, 2019). "Long Island Rail Road to study possible relocation of Yaphank station". Newsday. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  6. ^ MacGowan, Carl (July 21, 2016). "Officials: LIRR station should be moved east". Newsday. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  7. ^ "Brookhaven Officials Push for Relocation of Yaphank Train Station to Brookhaven Technology Park on William Floyd Parkway". Town of Brookhaven. July 26, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  8. ^ "Site Evaluations, Environmental Review and Preliminary Design Underway for New East Yaphank Station in Suffolk County – A Modern LI". amodernli.com. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  9. ^ "New Yaphank Station". amodernli.com. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  10. ^ "Long Island Rail Road Committee Meeting 1/22/2019" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2019. p. 122. Retrieved January 29, 2019.