Hampton Bays station

Long Island Rail Road station in Suffolk County, New York

Hampton Bays

The Hampton Bays station in November 2014, facing Montauk-bound.

General information
Location| Good Ground Road, & Springville Road
Hampton Bays, New York
Coordinates| 40°52′35″N 72°31′28″W﻿ / ﻿40.876464°N 72.524566°W﻿ / 40.876464; -72.524566
Owned by| Long Island Rail Road
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 2
Connections|  Suffolk County Transit: 92
(on Montauk Highway)
Construction
Parking| Yes (free)
Bicycle facilities| Yes
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Fare zone| 14
History
Opened| 1869
Closed| 1873, 1958
Rebuilt| 1874, 1913, 1974, 2000–01
Previous names| Good Ground (1869–1922)[1]
Passengers
2012—2014| 78[2]
Rank| 112 of 125
Services
| Preceding station  |  Long Island Rail Road | Following station

|
|

Westhampton

toward Penn Station or Long Island City

|  | Montauk Branch

limited service

|  | Southampton

toward Montauk

Westhampton

toward Penn Station

|  | Cannonball

summers only

|  | Southampton

One-way operation

Former services

| Preceding station  | Long Island
Rail Road | Following station

|
|

Quogue

toward Long Island City

|  | Montauk Division |  | Canoe Place

toward Montauk

East Quogue

toward Manorville

|  | Sag Harbor Branch |  | Shinnecock Hills

toward Sag Harbor

Preceding station  |  Long Island Rail Road | Following station

|
|

Terminus |  | Montauk Branch |  | Canoe Place

toward Montauk

Location

Hampton Bays is a railroad station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is on Good Ground Road between Springville Road and Suffolk CR 32 (Ponquogue Avenue) in Hampton Bays, New York.

## History

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The Hampton Bays station was originally built along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch on December 20, 1869[3][4][5] (although some sources claim it was in February 1871) as "Good Ground." It was the terminus of the line until summer 1870, when it was extended to Sag Harbor. The station was renamed "Hampton Bays" in June 1922, but the original name can be found along one of the streets on which it is located. The station burned on November 4, 1873. The second station was opened on January 10, 1874 and closed in 1913, but used as an "express house" for the 3rd depot, which opened in summer 1913. The station house was built in the style typical of stations such as Manhasset, Riverhead, Bay Shore, Northport, and Mineola stations,[6] and closed in 1958, but remained a flag stop, then razed sometime around 1964.[5] The station stop was moved 2,000 feet (610 m) west on December 26, 1974.[5] When Quogue station was closed on March 16, 1998, Hampton Bays was one of the two stations that replaced it. The other was Westhampton. The existing depot's high-level platforms were added between 1998 and 1999.

A Montauk-bound train arrives at Hampton Bays Station as it passes an idling train on the next track.

## Station layout

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The station has one six-car-long high-level side platform on the north side of the main track. A siding is on the south side of the main track.

Side platform, doors will open on the left or right

Track 1 | ←      Montauk Branch limited service toward Long Island City or Penn Station (Westhampton)
←      Montauk Branch limited service toward Montauk (Southampton) →

## References

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1. ^ "Good Ground Station Now Hampton Bays". The Brooklyn Citizen. March 19, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved December 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "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 ... Hampton Bays"
3. ^ "Suburban Intelligence | Long Island". New York Daily Herald. December 20, 1869. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "PRR Chronology, 1869" (PDF). (114 KiB), June 2004 Edition
5. ^ a b c Cassidy, Grace (September 20, 2017). "A guide to the LIRR's Montauk Branch". Curbed Hamptons. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
6. ^ George Skidmore photograph (Hampton Bays Online)

## External links

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*   * Hampton Bays – LIRR
* Hampton Bays LIRR timetable
* Unofficial LIRR History Website
* 1915 Post Card[usurped]
* February 2000 Photo[usurped]
* Unofficial LIRR Photography Site
* Hampton Bays Station
* Station from Ponoquogue Avenue from Google Maps Street View

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