Owned by MTA Opened 1 March 1837 | Tracks 3 Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location Newbridge Road & West Barclay Street
Hicksville, NY Line(s) Main Line
(Ronkonkoma Branch)
Montauk Branch Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n20H, n22, n24, n48, n49, n78, n79 Parking Yes; Town of Oyster Bay permits and private parking garages Address Hicksville, NY 11801, United States Owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority Similar Mineola, Great Neck, Bethpage, Syosset, Merillon Avenue | ||
Hicksville is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road located in Hicksville, New York. It is the busiest station east of Jamaica and Penn Station by combined weekday/weekend ridership. As of May 2011, 133 trains stop at this station every weekday. Most trains for the Port Jefferson Branch stop at Hicksville, and while all trains on the Ronkonkoma Branch pass through this station, a few do not stop. Additionally, three trains via the Montauk Branch stop here daily. Travel time to Penn Station in Manhattan is 40 to 50 minutes, depending on whether the train is local or express.
Contents
The station is at Newbridge Road (Route 106) and West Barclay Street. It has two island platforms and three tracks. It is wheelchair accessible, with an elevator to each platform from street level. It is served by 11 Nassau Inter-County Express routes and two cab services on the ground level of the station.
Station layout
Track 2 is accessible from both platforms. Generally, Platform A is used for westbound trains and Platform B for eastbound trains. Track 1 is mostly used for trains that terminate or originate in Hicksville (and occasionally freight trains), while Track 2 is used for other westbound trains. Track 3 is normally used for eastbound trains, except on weekday mornings when it also serves westbound trains.
The Port Jefferson Branch to Port Jefferson station splits from the Main Line at DIVIDE Interlocking directly east of the station. At this interlocking, the Port Jefferson Branch turns northeast towards Port Jefferson while the Main Line turns southeast on its way towards Ronkonkoma and Greenport. The Main Line also carries Central Branch, which contains most Montauk Branch trains not operating via the Babylon Branch tracks.
History
Hicksville station's first depot opened on March 1, 1837, as the temporary terminus of the LIRR. The hamlet and the station were both founded by Valentine Hicks, the son of an abolitionist preacher who also briefly served as an LIRR President. The line expanded to Farmingdale in 1841, after a delay caused by the depression that had begun with the Panic of 1837. In 1854, the station gained a line known as the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad that later became the Port Jefferson Branch of the LIRR. Ten years later on July 15, 1864, the first depot burned down. A second depot opened in September 1873, and was moved to a private location in 1909. The third depot opened on October 30, 1909, and was razed in November 1962 as the current elevated structure was being built. The elevated station opened on September 12, 1964, and was electrified in October 1970.
The station is set to undergo a full renovation beginning in early 2014. Plans for the renovation include replacing station platforms, escalators, waiting rooms, and lighting. Construction is estimated to last through 2017.