Westbury (LIRR station)

Westbury
Westbury Station on Union Avenue
Location	Union Avenue & Post Avenue Westbury, NY
Coordinates	40°45′12″N 73°35′11″W / 40.753404°N 73.586273°W / 40.753404; -73.586273Coordinates: 40°45′12″N 73°35′11″W / 40.753404°N 73.586273°W / 40.753404; -73.586273
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	Port Jefferson Branch   Ronkonkoma Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express: n22, n35 (n22/L stops four blocks north on Maple Avenue)
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	1837
Rebuilt	1883, 1914, 1972, c. 2001-2005
Electrified	October 19, 1970 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	3,903
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Carle Place toward New York terminals Main Line (Port Jefferson Branch) (also Ronkonkoma Branch) Hicksville toward Greenport or Port Jefferson Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Carle Place station Port Jefferson Branch (current and former locations) 1875—1876: New Cassel station

Westbury is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line. All trains for the Port Jefferson Branch and Ronkonkoma Branch run through it, though only some trains on the Port Jefferson branch stop (and only a few on the Ronkonoma Branch do). It is located at Union and Post Avenues in Westbury, New York. It is 23.4 miles (37.7 km) from Penn Station. The station is fully wheelchair accessible. It has two side platforms and two tracks.

Westbury station was built sometime in March 1837 with the opening of the LIRR to Hicksville. The station was closed between June and September of the same year, briefly replaced by the nearby Carle Place station. Throughout much of the mid-19th Century, the J.P. Kelsey Branch Store served as the depot. The second station was built between April and June, 1883. The third station was built in 1914, and was electrified in October 1970, along with the rest of the Port Jefferson Branch between Mineola and Huntington Stations. It had a major remodeling around 1972, and another one sometime between 2001 and 2005. In 2000, a woman was stabbed to death in the underpass beneath the tracks.

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long.