Ronkonkoma station
Long Island Rail Road station in Suffolk County, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ronkonkoma (signed as Ronkonkoma L.I. MacArthur Airport on station signage) is a major railroad station and transportation hub along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in Ronkonkoma, New York. The station is the eastern terminus of the Ronkonkoma Branch and the western terminus of the Greenport Branch.
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Coordinates | 40.808088°N 73.1059°W / 40.808088; -73.1059 | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Line | ||||||||||||
Distance | 48.5 mi (78.1 km) from Long Island City[1] | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms 1 island platform Spanish solution | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | Suffolk County Transit: 51, 52A, 52B (52B weekdays only) Colonial Transportation to Long Island MacArthur Airport | ||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
Architect | Richard Henry Behr | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 10 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 1883 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1986-1997 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | January 18, 1988 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Lake Ronkonkoma | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2006 | 17,278[2] | ||||||||||||
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The station is located on Lakeland Street or Railroad Avenue North across from the intersection of Hawkins Avenue, and has parking facilities and other amenities that extend beyond the central location. Free parking is available in the lots adjacent to the tracks on the north and south side. One parking garage north of the station was built in 1996 on a former freight spur.[3][4] The station has a total of about 6,100 parking spaces.[5]