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Kings Park
Kings Park station house in 2021
General information
Location	Indian Head Road (CR 14) and Main Street (NY 25A) Kings Park, New York
Coordinates	40°53′1.39″N 73°15′20.95″W / 40.8837194°N 73.2558194°W / 40.8837194; -73.2558194
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: 56
Construction
Parking	Yes; Free
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	1872
Rebuilt	1948
Previous names	St. Johnsland (1872–1891)
Passengers
2006	1,876
Services
Preceding station [REDACTED] Long Island Rail Road Following station Northporttoward Penn Station or Long Island City Port Jefferson Branchdiesel service Smithtowntoward Port Jefferson
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Northporttoward Hicksville Wading River Branch Smithtowntoward Wading River
Location

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. 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, 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, 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
	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
	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)

External links

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

• Kings Park – LIRR
• Kings Park LIRR timetable
• Kings Park State Hospital Spur (Unofficial LIRR History)
• Kings Park State Hospital Spur (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Kings Park Station History (Steve Lynch's LIRR Maps, Photos, Charts, etc.) (TrainsAreFun.com)
• Station from Indian Head Road from Google Maps Street View
• FOX Interlocking (The LIRR Today)

• Long Island Rail Road stations in Suffolk County, New York
• Smithtown, New York
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1872