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Amagansett
The platform at Amagansett in November 2014, facing towards East Hampton.
General information
Location	Main Street & Abrahams Landing Road Amagansett, New York
Coordinates	40°58′48″N 72°07′57″W / 40.98°N 72.1325°W / 40.98; -72.1325
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	14
History
Opened	1895
Closed	1909, 1964
Rebuilt	1910, 1965, 2001
Passengers
2012—2014	20
Rank	122 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station East Hamptontoward Penn Station or Long Island City Montauk Branchlimited service MontaukTerminus East Hamptontoward Penn Station Cannonballsummers only MontaukOne-way operation
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station East Hamptontoward Long Island City Montauk Division Napeague Beachtoward Montauk
Location

Amagansett is a station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, at Main Street (NY 27) and Abrahms Landing Road (former Suffolk CR 33A) in Amagansett, New York.

History

Amagansett station was opened on June 1, 1895, by the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad, and closely resembled stations such as Sea Cliff and the former East Williston Depot, but lacked the second story and gingerbread woodwork trim that these depots contained. It was burned to the ground in 1909, reportedly by a disgruntled LIRR employee. The station was rebuilt on August 15, 1910, in the colonial barn style typical of stations such as Riverhead, Bay Shore, Northport, and Mineola. Until 1929, it had train sheds, a wye, and coal and water dispensing facilities. On June 13, 1942, Nazi saboteurs used Amagansett station en route to New York City for the failed mission known as Operation Pastorius. The station house was closed in 1958 or January 1959, then razed on August 31, 1964, and replaced with a sheltered platform in 1965. The 1895-built former freight house survives, but was abandoned. A high-level platform was added in the late 1990s to accommodate the C3 fleet.

Station layout

This station has one high-level platform on the south side of the single track, long enough for two cars to receive and discharge passengers.

Track 1	←      Montauk Branch limited service toward Long Island City or Penn Station (East Hampton) ←      Montauk Branch limited service toward Montauk (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right

References

1. "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 199. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR OD COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Amagansett
2. "Night of the Nazis". Montauk Life. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
3. Abandoned Freight House (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)

External links

• Amagansett – LIRR
• Amagansett LIRR timetable
• Amagansett Station -- By Rail To The Sea (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Unofficial LIRR History Website
  • 1911 Postcard
  • 1910s Painting
  • March 2000 (Current Amagansett Station)
• Unofficial LIRR Photography Site (lirrpics.com)
  • Amagansett Station

• Long Island Rail Road stations in Suffolk County, New York
• East Hampton (town), New York
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1895