![]() ![]() Above on the platform here is the second little on platform waiting area that is identical to the main one. The concrete sides of the viaduct above the entrance lettering spelling out Hicksville and Long Island Railroad. Goldberg in 1965 and was dedicated on October 28, 2010. In the parking lot north of the station is The Golden Eagle a stone eagle from the now destroyed New York-Penn Station that was acquired by a local Hicksville High School Teacher Samual A. The station house has been recently renovated, there are black benches along both walls beneath murals along with silver pillars in the middle of the platform. There is a newsstand is a separate kiosk and then a large station house with the ticket office open throughout the day and on weekends with not one but two ticket agents handling transactions. These lead down to the main station entrance area. The escalator is protected by plexiglass windscreens with silver walls. Next each platform has the main combined staircase and narrow up escalator. The one here on the New York-bound platform had plywood over some of the windows and the western door was locked with a closed sign. There are a few simple black benches inside and they seem to be in half decent shape (at least not smelling of urine). Next each platform has one of two on platform waiting areas, these are both made of white bricks with blue windows and doors at each end. ![]() ![]() There is no indication that there is an LIRR entrance through this awning. It emerges on Duffys Avenue at an entrance with an awning for the New York Sports Club located in the garage. After the overpass ends there is a graffiti covered staircase up to a walkway along the top of a two story parking garage the walkway then goes through the through the middle level of the parking garage. The walkway to Barclay Street south of the station is quite confusing. The northern end of the tunnel leads directly to one of the many parking lots north of the station (and Barclay Street north of them). This leads down to a dark underpass tunnel inside the portion of the platform that is set above an embankment. ![]() Starting from the western end there is first a staircase down from each platform signed for W. These exposed portions have silver lampposts with unusual lights that look more suited for a highway than a railroad platform.Īll exits are with the portion of the platforms that are canopied. The platforms are canopied with concrete posts (with blue pealing paint on portions) holding up a concrete framework holding up what appear to be wooden planks expect for the easternmost quarter of both platforms. Trains that stop on the middle track #2 open their doors on both sides for both platforms. On this guideway are three tracks with the two island platform design. The western half is on an embankment with slopes of vegetation running down from each side of the station platforms. It feels like many of the stations on the Babylon Branch, the eastern half of the station is located on a concrete ariel guideway held up by round concrete pillars. The stop itself was elevated onto the Concrete Viaduct it is currently on and opened on Septemand electrification arrived in 1970. Additional Montauk Branch trains bypass the station since diesel trains that run non-stop from Babylon to Jamaica can be routed via either the main Montauk (Babylon Branch) Line or up via the Central Branch and Main Line, these trains will go through Hicksville bypassing it. On weekdays two eastbound and one westbound Montauk Branch trains stop in the station that run via the Central Branch. On most shuttles passengers transfer to electric trains at Huntington instead. The stop is the terminus of a few of the Diesel 'Scoot' Shuttle trains that run to and from Port Jefferson (about every 90 minutes) on weekdays connecting with electric Ronkonkoma Branch trains. The stop is extremely busy and sees service from about 3 trains per hour or better on the Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma Branches. It is where the Port Jefferson branch splits off the Main Line, Ronkonkoma Branch. Hicksville is an important LIRR and busy Junction Station. Home< Long Island Rail Road< Montauk Branch (Limited Service)< Hicksville ![]()
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