Greenvale (LIRR station)

Greenvale
The station at Greenvale, facing Glen Head-bound on the Oyster Bay-bound platform in June 2012.
Location	Between Glen Cove Avenue & Plaza Road north of Helen Street Greenvale, NY
Coordinates
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express: n27
Construction
Parking	Yes; Village of Roslyn Harbor Permits and Metered Parking
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	1866 (Freight only) 1875, 1880's (Passengers)
Previous names	Week's station
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	262
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Roslyn toward New York terminals Oyster Bay Branch Glen Head toward Oyster Bay Current and former locations North Roslyn station Oyster Bay Branch Glen Head station

Greenvale is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station is officially located Off Helen Street, between Glen Cove Avenue and Glen Cove Road, Greenvale, New York.

History

Greenvale station was originally established by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road on July 21, 1866, as "Week's station," a freight-only station primarily used for delivering milk. Passengers were briefly allowed at the station in 1875, and then again sometime during the 1880s.At some point, the station was renamed "Greenvale." The passenger station has never existed as anything else other than a sheltered platform. On May 17, 1891, it was demolished by a locomotive that collided with a horse who's hoof was stuck in the switching apparatus, resulting in both the death of the horse and two crew members. Eventually the station was replaced. New shelters were built on both sides of the tracks in 2000 on high-level platforms designed to accommodate the disabled, as well as future electrified trains.

Platform and track configuration

1	■ Oyster Bay Branch	toward New York (Roslyn)
2	■ Oyster Bay Branch	toward Oyster Bay (Glen Head)

This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long. The west platform, adjacent to Track 1, is generally used by southbound or New York City-bound trains. The east platform, adjacent to Track 2, is generally used by northbound or Oyster Bay-bound trains. The Oyster Bay Branch has two tracks at this location.

External links

• Official LIRR station information page for Greenvale
• Station timetable for Greenvale
• Unofficial LIRR History Website
  • 1937 Greenvale Station Photo
  • 2000 Reconstruction
  • June 2006 from parking lot and from shelters
• Station from Google Maps Street View