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Not to be confused with King's Park railway station.
Tracks and platforms in 2021

Kings Park is a station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at the southwest corner of Suffolk County Route 14 (Indian Head Road) and NY 25A (Main Street) in Kings Park, New York.

History

Originally known as St. Johnsland station when it was built by Charles Hallett of Riverhead for the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad between November and December 1872, it was renamed Kings Park station in June 1891. The Kings Park area was the site of a major derailment on February 16, 1947, but there were no casualties.[2] The station was rebuilt in 1948 with an attached freight storage area, and rebuilt again during the 1990s. Kings Park station also had a spur called the Kings Park Psychiatric Center Spur to the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center, which was originally built in 1896,[3] and officially decommissioned in 1971, although trains were used to bring coal to the hospital until 1987. Today the right-of-way serves as the Kings Park Hike and Bike Trail,[4][5] which leads to the Nissequogue River State Park.

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long. On either side of the station, the tracks merge into a single track.

M Mezzanine Connection between platforms
P
Platform level 		Platform A, side platform Disabled access
Track 1 ←      Port Jefferson Branch toward Huntington, Hunterspoint Avenue, Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Northport)
←      Port Jefferson Branch toward Port Jefferson (Smithtown) →
Track 2 ←      Port Jefferson Branch limited service →
Platform B, side platform Disabled access
Ground level Exit/entrance and parking

References

  1. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ^ Long Island Rail Road Wrecks
  3. ^ Mileposts 43-44 Kings Park (Bob Emery Map; September 1957; TrainsAreFun.com)
  4. ^ Kings Park State Hospital Spur (Train Web)
  5. ^ Kings Park Hike & Bike Trail (TrailLink.com)

Media related to Kings Park (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

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