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Former railroad station in New York
Promised Land
General information
Owned byLong Island Rail Road (former)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
History
OpenedJune 29, 1900 (1900-06-29)
ClosedDecember 31, 1928 (1928-12-31)
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Fanny Bartletttoward Long Island City Montauk Division MontaukTerminus

Promised Land or Promise Land was a former railroad station stop on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It opened as a flag stop only, for employees of neighboring fish processing plants. The station appears as a signal stop as '"Promise Land" in special instructions of employee timetable #15 of June 29, 1900, as well as employee timetable #27 of June 25, 1908 and employee timetable #49 of September 9, 1908. It also appears under station designation S106 in 1903, 1913, and 1924 CR4BOOKS according to Art Huneke. The station closed on December 31, 1928 according to Robert Emery.

References

  1. LIRR Station History Promised Land

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Long Island Rail Road stations
City Terminal Zone
Main Line (west)
Atlantic Branch
(west)
Atlantic Branch (east)
Far Rockaway Branch
Hempstead Branch
Long Beach Branch
Montauk Branch
Lower Montauk
Babylon Branch
Central Branch
Montauk Branch (east)
Oyster Bay Branch
Pt. Jefferson Branch
Pt. Washington Branch
Main Line (east)
Ronkonkoma Branch
Greenport Branch
Belmont Park Branch
W. Hempstead Branch
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