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Locust Valley
Facing towards Oyster Bay on the Jamaica-bound platform at the Locust Valley station, as seen in June 2012.
General information
Location	Birch Hill Road & Piping Rock Road Locust Valley, NY
Coordinates	40°52′27″N 73°35′55″W / 40.874251°N 73.598678°W / 40.874251; -73.598678
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Oyster Bay Branch
Distance	29.0 mi (46.7 km) from Long Island City
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes; Town of Oyster Bay Residency, Off-Peak and other
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	April 19, 1869
Rebuilt	1872, 1885, 1906
Passengers
2006	479
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Glen Covetoward Penn Station or Long Island City Oyster Bay Branch Oyster BayTerminus
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Glen Covetoward Penn Station or Long Island City Oyster Bay Branch Mill Necktoward Oyster Bay
Location

Locust Valley is a station on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Birch Hill Road and Piping Rock Road, south of Forest Avenue, in Locust Valley, Nassau County, New York.

History

The Locust Valley station was opened on April 19, 1869, and it served as the terminus of the line until 1889, upon the line's extension to Oyster Bay. On August 22, the turntable and engine house were moved from Glen Street and installed here. Charles Hallet finished a depot here in November 1872; it was photographed by Brainerd in 1878.

The station was rebuilt in November 1872, remodeled in 1885, and again rebuilt in December 1906, when the second station was moved to a private location. The current station building was erected in 1909. The station also contains an old-style wooden shelter on the eastbound tracks, and a former interlocking tower. This former tower, known as LOCUST Tower, now serves as a Nassau County Police Department booth for the Second Precinct's patrolmen assigned to the area.

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long. A siding just west of the station served the Nassau-Suffolk Lumber until the late 1970s. The Oyster Bay Branch becomes a single track line a few hundred feet beyond the Birch Hill Road crossing at LOCUST interlocking. No bus access is available at the station.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Glen Cove)
Track 2	←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Terminus) →
Platform B, side platform

References

1. Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
2. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
3. ^ Morrison, David D. (March 5, 2018). Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467128544.
4. "The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880 Vincent Seyfried Page 203 – Queens Public Library Digital". digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
5. Existing Railroad Stations in Nassau County, New York
6. 1872 Station House (Existing Railroad Stations in Nassau County, New York)
7. 1906 Station House (Existing Railroad Stations in Nassau County, New York)

External links

• Media related to Locust Valley (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Locust Valley – LIRR
• Locust Valley LIRR timetable
• Unofficial LIRR History Website
  • View from Parking Lot
  • View from Westbound and Eastbound platforms
• LOCUST Interlocking (The LIRR Today)
• Station from Birch Hill Road from Google Maps Street View

• Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1869
• 1869 establishments in New York (state)