Speonk (LIRR station)

Speonk
The Speonk Station in May 2015.
Location	Phillips Avenue & Depot Road Speonk, New York
Coordinates	40°49′16″N 72°42′17″W / 40.821224°N 72.704853°W / 40.821224; -72.704853Coordinates: 40°49′16″N 72°42′17″W / 40.821224°N 72.704853°W / 40.821224; -72.704853
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Yes (free)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	12
History
Opened	1870
Rebuilt	1901, 1958, 2001
Previous names	Remsenburg (1895-1897)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	283
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Mastic – Shirley toward New York terminals Montauk Branch Westhampton toward Montauk Current and former locations Eastport station Montauk and Sag Harbor Branches Westhampton station

Speonk is an unmanned railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Phillips Avenue at Depot Road in Speonk, New York, just north of Montauk Highway (CR 80). The station has two parking lots, one operated by the Long Island Rail Road, and the other operated by the Town of Southampton, both of which are free. It also lies adjacent to one of the largest railroad yards on Long Island's East End. This yard is mostly used to hold passenger consists, as most scheduled trains terminate at Speonk rather than continue all the way to Montauk.

Speonk Station was originally built in February 1870 along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch. From 1895–1897 it was known as "Remsenburg Station", acknowledging the hamlet of Remsenburg, New York, which lies just south of Speonk. The station was struck by lightning and burned on June 22, 1901, and a second depot opened in December 1901. Railroad conductors frequently accentuated the name when calling it out as the next station. This latter agency and depot were closed in 1958, and the station has been unmanned ever since. The former station was converted into a snack bar that is still operating as the Trackside Cafe restaurant.

When Eastport and East Moriches stations were closed by the LIRR on October 6, 1958, due to lack of usage, commuters were told to transfer either to this station or to Center Moriches station. The elimination of the latter on March 16, 1998, makes this the next choice for commuters east of Mastic–Shirley station, almost ten miles away by road. The traffic from all three intervening stations which have been eliminated since 1950 has been transferred to these two stations. The former station house and current cafe, is across the tracks from the yard and the platforms have been torn out. A tough fence was constructed to keep anyone with an attempt of entering the track area out. the yard features a wye to turn locomotives around. The first parking lot is south of the platform. The second large parking lot is across Phillips Avenue. on weekdays these lots become full of commuters coming in and out of the terminals in New York.