Sag Harbor station

Sag Harbor was the terminus of the abandoned Sag Harbor Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, and was one of two stations within the village of Sag Harbor, New York. It opened in 1870 with the arrival of the LIRR into Sag Harbor, and was the eastern terminus of the LIRR on the south fork of Long Island until 1895, when the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad built a line from Bridgehampton to Montauk, thus converting the line into a spur north of Bridgehampton. Besides the standard passenger station, it also contained a freight house, and "express building," two yards, a spur to "Long Wharf" which was owned by the LIRR affiliated Montauk Steamboat Company, a coal trestle, a turntable, and a three-story grain storage building owned by The station was rebuilt in 1909 in a manner similar to such stations as Riverhead, Bay Shore, Manhasset, and Bayside stations, among others. During World War I, it was used to transport torpedoes to Long Wharf in order to test them. It was abandoned in 1939 along with the branch.[2][3] Today, Long Wharf is Suffolk County Road 81, and the former freight house is now the headquarters of the Sag Harbor Garden Center.

Sag Harbor
The former Sag Harbor Station "express house," now a local gardening shop
LocationSag Harbor, New York
Coordinates41.001921°N 72.296515°W / 41.001921; -72.296515 (1909 passenger station)
Owned bySag Harbor Garden Center
Line(s)
  Sag Harbor Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
Station codeNone
History
Opened1870 (1870)
ClosedMay 3, 1939 (1939-05-03)[1]
Services
None
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Former services
Noyack Road   Sag Harbor Branch   Terminus

References
  1. "SAG HARBOR BRANCH Part 5". arrts-arrchives.com/sagh5.html. ARRT'S ARRCHIVES. Retrieved August 6, 2012. Long Island Railroad - NOTICE - Pursuant to a certificate of the Interstate Commerce Commission made March 23, 1939, in Finance Docket No. 12101 -- Long Island Railroad Company Abandonment -- all service on Sag Harbor Branch, between Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor will be discontinued on and after May 3, 1939.
  2. Sag Harbor Branch (Unofficial LIRR History web site)
  3. Sag Harbor Branch; Part Four (Arrt's Arrchives)


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