The Mastic–Shirley station is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch in Shirley, New York. This station is reached via William Floyd Parkway. The station has two ticket machines.
Mastic – Shirley | |||||||||||
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 Westbound view from the platform at Mastic–Shirley station towards Babylon | |||||||||||
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| Location | William Floyd Parkway & Northern Boulevard Shirley, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°47′56″N 72°51′52″W / 40.7989°N 72.86454°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Suffolk County Transit: 66 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 12 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 7, 1960 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2012—2014 | 605[1] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 91 of 125 | ||||||||||
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History
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Mastic–Shirley station was built as a replacement for the former Mastic station (originally Forge station) built in 1882 and located 7,010 feet (2.14 km) east on Mastic Road. Service for the Mastic–Shirley train station began July 7, 1960.[2][3] The now-unused station house at the original station was torn down a month later.[4] When Center Moriches station was eliminated by the LIRR on March 16, 1998, Mastic–Shirley station was one of two stations recommended for use as a substitute by the patrons of the now-closed station. The other was Speonk station.
Station layout
editThe station has one four-car-long high-level platform on the south side of the single track.[2] JJD interlocking (formerly MS), a remote-controlled siding where trains can pass each other, is located east of the station.[5]
| Track 1 | ← Montauk Branch limited service toward Long Island City or Penn Station (Bellport) Montauk Branch limited service toward Speonk or Montauk (Speonk) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right 
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Notable places nearby
editReferences
edit- ^ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 199. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Mastic-Shirley
- ^ a b Cox, Jeremiah. "Mastic–Shirley – (Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch) – The SubwayNut". subwaynut.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ "New Station for Mastic Area". The New York Times. May 21, 1959. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ Ken Spooner's Old Mastic Station Website
- ^ Keller, Dave. "LIRR Towers". trainsarefun.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
External links
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Media related to Mastic – Shirley (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Mastic–Shirley – LIRR
- Mastic–Shirley LIRR timetable
- February 2000 Photo (Unofficial LIRR History Website)[usurped]
- Unofficial LIRR Photography Pages (lirrpics.com)
- MS (JJD) Interlocking (The LIRR Today)
