Bethpage (LIRR station)

Bethpage
A westbound train arrives at the Bethpage station in September 2014.
Coordinates	40°44′35″N 73°29′00″W / 40.742994°N 73.483359°W / 40.742994; -73.483359Coordinates: 40°44′35″N 73°29′00″W / 40.742994°N 73.483359°W / 40.742994; -73.483359
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch)   Montauk Branch (Central Branch)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes; Free, and Town of Oyster Bay permits
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	1856
Rebuilt	1959
Electrified	1987 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Jerusalem Station (1854-1936) Jerusalem (1863-1936) Central Park (1867-1936)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	4,963
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Hicksville toward New York terminals Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) Farmingdale toward Greenport Montauk Branch (Central Branch) (non-stop) Babylon toward Montauk Current and former locations Grumman station Ronkonkoma Branch Farmingdale station Current and former locations Grumman station Central Branch South Farmingdale station

Bethpage Station is a station along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Stewart Avenue and Jackson Avenue, in Bethpage, New York, and serves Ronkonkoma Branch trains. Trains that travel along the Central Branch also use these tracks, but none stop here.

Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) tracks were completed on the present line in 1841. At first trains did not stop here, Bethpage appearing only as a notation ("late Bethpage") associated with the Farmingdale station to the east. By 1854, the LIRR stopped at a local station called Jerusalem Station. A local post office opened January 29, 1857, with the name Jerusalem Station. LIRR schedules also referred to the station as simply Jerusalem. In 1867, the residents voted to change the name of the local post office to Central Park, and both that and Jerusalem appeared on LIRR schedules until 1936. The station and the post office were renamed Bethpage on October 1, 1936. In 1959, the station burned down and was replaced. Service was electrified in 1987.

Two nearby stations also had Bethpage in their name:

From 1873 until 1876, the Central Railroad of Long Island had a regularly scheduled stop also named Central Park near Stewart Avenue and Motor Lane in Plainedge, approximately 0.75 miles south of the present station. Service was continued by the LIRR at that location until about 1924.

There are 2 tracks at this station with two 12-car high-level side platforms.