Sayville station

40°44′25″N 73°05′11″W / 40.740388°N 73.086497°W / 40.740388; -73.086497Owned byLong Island Rail RoadPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionParkingYes (free)Bicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone10HistoryOpened1868 (SSRRLI)^[1]Rebuilt1906, 1999Passengers2012—20141,078^[2]Rank75 of 125 Services

Preceding station	Long Island Rail Road			Following station
Oakdale toward Penn Station or Long Island City		Montauk Branch		Patchogue toward Montauk

Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Oakdale toward Long Island City Montauk Division Bayport toward Montauk

Location

Sayville is a station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Sayville, New York, on Depot Street between Greeley Avenue and Railroad Avenue. Ferries to Fire Island board from a port south of the station.^[3]

History

Sayville station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in December 1868, and was the end of the line until April 1869 when the line was extended to Patchogue. From that point until the early 20th century, the station also served as the local post office. At the time, it contained coal sidings, spurs into lumber yards, a freight house west of Greeley Avenue, a dairy farm, and a horse trolley to the Great South Bay owned by the South Shore Traction Company.^[4]

The original station was razed sometime in 1906 and a second depot opened on August 3 that year. When Bayport station was closed by the Long Island Rail Road in 1980, former Bayport commuters opted to use Sayville station. A renovation project in 1998–1999 installed a pedestrian overpass and sheltered high-level platforms.

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms each eight cars long. The Montauk Branch has two tracks here, the last such station on the line; all stations from Patchogue east to Montauk have only a single platform, as the double track becomes single track between Sayville and the former Bayport station.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	←      Montauk Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station (Oakdale)
Track 2	←      Montauk Branch toward Patchogue, Speonk, or Montauk (Patchogue) →
Platform B, side platform

References

External links

Media related to Sayville (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Sayville – LIRR
• Sayville LIRR timetable
• February 2000 Photo (Unofficial LIRR History Website)^[usurped]
• Sayville Station (South Shore Railroad of Long Island) (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Sayville Station (Sayville Library)
• 1999 Sayville Westbound Train (YouTube)
• Unofficial LIRR Photography Site (www.lirrpics.com)
  • Sayville Station
• Station from Railroad Avenue from Google Maps Street View