Port Jefferson (LIRR station)

Port Jefferson
2007 parking lot view
Location	NY 112 (Main Street) & Oakland Avenue
Coordinates	40°56′4.99″N 73°3′13.29″W / 40.9347194°N 73.0536917°W / 40.9347194; -73.0536917Coordinates: 40°56′4.99″N 73°3′13.29″W / 40.9347194°N 73.0536917°W / 40.9347194; -73.0536917
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	Port Jefferson Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	4
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: S60, S61, S62, S69, S76 Port Jeff Jitney Buses
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	1873
Rebuilt	1875, 1903, 1968, 2001
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	1,793
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Stony Brook toward New York terminals Port Jefferson Branch Terminus Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Setauket station Port Jefferson Branch (current and former locations) Miller Place station

Port Jefferson is the terminus for the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station is located on New York State Route 25A (Main Street), on the north side of the tracks, but is also accessible from Oakland Avenue (both of which are in the Village of Port Jefferson), as well as Railroad Avenue and Union Street on the south side of the tracks in Port Jefferson Station. All service is diesel-only, and most off-peak trains are shuttles requiring a transfer to an electric train at Huntington or Hicksville. This train station is located in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District.

The station also serves Suffolk County Transit buses and occasionally the Village of Port Jefferson's own local jitney buses. One Suffolk County Transit bus, (Route S61) leads to the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry, approximately one mile to the north. It features service to Bridgeport, Connecticut. Suburban taxi service is also available, a taxicab depot is located across NY 25A from the station itself.

Port Jefferson station was originally built on January 13, 1873 by the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad, but was burned on February 1, 1874. The second station was completed in June 1875. In 1895, the Port Jefferson Branch was extended to Wading River. The second Port Jefferson station was closed in 1903, and was used as a yard building, while the third station was built across Main Street. Designed by Stanford White and funded by the residents of the nearby Village of Belle Terre, it opened on July 29, 1903. Port Jefferson Station resumed its status as the terminus of the line on October 9, 1938, when the line was abandoned between Port Jefferson and Wading River. The "yard building" was abandoned in April 1963. The station was remodeled in 1968, but restored in 2001 based on its previous 1903 design. Port Jefferson is 59.4 miles from Penn Station and travel time varies between 1 hour, 40 minutes and 2 hours, depending on if one has to transfer to an electric train to reach the city.