Westwood station (LIRR)
Long Island Rail Road station in Nassau County, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Westwood is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead Branch serving the villages of Malverne and Lynbrook, New York. The station platform is located on Foster Avenue in Malverne, with parking facilities on both the Malverne (Foster Avenue at Motley Street) and Lynbrook (Whitehall Street at Whittier Street) sides of the tracks. It has no station building other than a pair of open shelters, the larger one on the Malverne side of the tracks. It also features a gated at-grade pedestrian crossing,[3] one of only a few stations on the Long Island Rail Road to feature such crossings.
Westwood | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Foster Avenue & Motley Street Malverne, New York | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°40′05.8″N 73°40′53.1″W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
Line(s) | West Hempstead Branch | ||||||||||
Distance | 1.4 mi (2.3 km) from Valley Stream[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Parking | Yes; Village of Malverne & Lynbrook permits required | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes; Bicycle Racks | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | September 1929 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1955 | ||||||||||
Electrified | October 19, 1926 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2006 | 711[2] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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No buses connect to Westwood station. A basketball court can be found on the Malverne side of the station between the platform and parking lot.[4]