Oakdale station

Oakdale
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Oakdale station from the entrance at Oakdale–Bohemia Road.
General information
LocationMontauk Highway & Oakdale–Bohemia Road
Oakdale, New York
Coordinates40°44′36″N 73°07′57″W / 40.7434°N 73.1324°W / 40.7434; -73.1324
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Suffolk County Transit: 2
Construction
ParkingYes (free)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone10
History
Opened1868 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt1890
Passengers
2012—2014498[1]
Rank97 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Great River
toward Penn Station or Long Island City
 Montauk Branch Sayville
toward Montauk
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Great River
toward Long Island City
 Montauk Division Sayville
toward Montauk
Location
Map

Oakdale is a railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, on the corner of Oakdale-Bohemia Road and Montauk Boulevard in view of Montauk Highway across Norman DeMott Park, in Oakdale, New York.

History

Oakdale station was originally built as a depot by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1868, and was larger than most SSRRLI depots.[2] It was razed in 1890 and a second station built in December of that year. Legend has it that the station was rebuilt in order to be suitable for guests arriving at the wedding of Consuelo Vanderbilt.[3] As a result, the station is often referred to as "the wedding station." On December 10, 1994, the station lived up to its given nickname by hosting an actual wedding in front of the fireplace in the waiting room.[4] Oakdale station also included carriage stables and a freight house that was active until the 1970s. Today this freight house is a storage facility for the Long Island Rail Road. The carriage stables were demolished at some point. High-level platforms were added in the late-1990s.

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long.

Places of interest

References

  1. ^ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 199. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Oakdale
  2. ^ Original Oakdale Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
  3. ^ Dowling College; The Estate and Environs (Oakdale Railroad Station)
  4. ^ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved November 25, 2011.

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