Calverton (LIRR station)

Calverton

The former Calverton LIRR station on November 14, 2014.
Location Edwards and Railroad Avenues
Calverton, New York
Coordinates 40°54′32″N 72°44′36″W / 40.908794°N 72.743343°W / 40.908794; -72.743343Coordinates: 40°54′32″N 72°44′36″W / 40.908794°N 72.743343°W / 40.908794; -72.743343
Line(s)
  Greenport Branch
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
History
Opened 1880
Closed 1981[1]
Electrified No
Previous names Baiting Hollow (1880-1897)
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Manorville station Main Line
(current and former locations)		 Riverhead station

Calverton was a station stop along the Greenport Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Calverton, New York. The station was built in 1880 and closed in 1981.[1]

History

Calverton station was originally built around 1880 as Baiting Hollow. It was also intended to be the terminus of one of two formerly proposed extensions of the Wading River Branch.[2] The depot closed and moved to undisclosed location around 1922 and second depot built further east around same year, which was located on Railroad Avenue between North River Road and Edwards Avenue. Calverton was the site of the deadly Golden’s Pickle Works wreck on Friday, August 13, 1926.[3] The station closed in 1981. The disused metal station shelter currently remains.[4][5][6]

West of the station, a spur to the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant used by Grumman closed in the early 1990s. In February 2010 plans were announced to reactivate the spur in a $3.5 million rehabilitation for freight trains of the New York & Atlantic Railway to serve an industrial park at the airport. Funds come from the federal stimulus funding. The spur parallels Connecticut Avenue to the airport.[7][8]

Hulse Turnout

At the same spot as Calverton there was a previous station named Hulse Turnout.[9] Hulse Turnout first appears on the 1852 timetable[10] and is gone by 1858.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 derekstadler.wordpress.com/
  2. ↑ [Beers Atlas of Long Island, 1873]
  3. ↑ "LIRR Wrecks".
  4. ↑ "LIRR Shelters".
  5. ↑ "Calverton LIRR Shelter (August 17, 2007)". TrainsAreFun.com.
  6. ↑ "Panoramio - Photo of Calverton LIRR Station, Calverton, NY - October 2013".
  7. ↑ "Paterson Announces Economic Recovery Funding For Long Island Rail Spur - Community - Top Stories".
  8. ↑ Freight spur construction on Long Island moves forward (RailwayAge.com)
  9. ↑ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY".
  10. ↑ "BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD, LONG ISLAND R. R. 1852 TIMETABLE".
  11. ↑ Seyfried, Vincent F. (1 January 1961). "The Long Island Rail Road, a comprehensive history.". Garden City, Long Island.
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