Landia station

Landia
Landia
Location	South side of Robbins Lane; Syosset, New York
Coordinates	40°47′51.3″N 73°30′54.1″W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Port Jefferson Branch
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
History
Opened	1952
Closed	1973
Services
	Former services

Landia station is a closed rail station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Jefferson Branch in the Locust Grove section of Syosset, New York.

History

The station was opened on December 15, 1952 for the Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation, which had recently moved from Queens to Syosset. Its purpose was to provide transportation to work for Fairchild employees who still lived in Queens and did not own automobiles. Service to the station was halted on June 26, 1972 as the station did not high-level platforms as the new M1 cars did not have stairs to grade-level.[1] In 1970, ridership at the station consisted of two daily passengers. On October 3, 1973, the station closed permanently.[2][3][4] Reopening the station has been proposed as a solution to the gap problem at Syosset as it is on a straight portion of track compared to the curved section at Syosset.[5]

References

Perlmutter, Emanuel (June 18, 1972). "L.I.R.R. Improving Service on All Lines Under a New Timetable". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
Stadler, Derek (September 21, 2014). "Oyster Bay, Mill Neck, and Syosset: The History of Long Island Rail Road Service to Northeastern Nassau County". Derek Stadler. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
Keller, David; Lynch, Steven (2005). Revisiting the Long Island Rail Road: 1925-1975. Arcadia Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 9780738538297.
Keller, David D. Morrison, Foreword by David (2013). Long Island Rail Road: Port Jefferson Branch. Arcadia Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9781467120135.
Nash, Denise (November 17, 2006). "Jacobs Still Pressuring LIRR to Bridge the Gap in Syosset". Syosset-Jericho Tribune. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2007.

External links

1971 Fan Trip image (TrainsAreFun.com)

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[1] Perlmutter, Emanuel (June 18, 1972). "L.I.R.R. Improving Service on All Lines Under a New Timetable". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 4, 2018.

[2] Stadler, Derek (September 21, 2014). "Oyster Bay, Mill Neck, and Syosset: The History of Long Island Rail Road Service to Northeastern Nassau County". Derek Stadler. Retrieved May 4, 2018.

[3] Keller, David; Lynch, Steven (2005). Revisiting the Long Island Rail Road: 1925-1975. Arcadia Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 9780738538297.

[4] Keller, David D. Morrison, Foreword by David (2013). Long Island Rail Road: Port Jefferson Branch. Arcadia Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9781467120135.

[5] Nash, Denise (November 17, 2006). "Jacobs Still Pressuring LIRR to Bridge the Gap in Syosset". Syosset-Jericho Tribune. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2007.