Hicksville station

{{short description|Long Island Rail Road station in Nassau County, New York}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox station | name = Hicksville | style = LIRR | image = Hicksville LIRR Station - March 2019.jpg | caption = Hicksville station in March 2019 | address = Newbridge Road and West Barclay Street<br />Hicksville, New York | coordinates = {{coord|40.767101|-73.528686|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} | line = {{Plainlist| * Main Line <!-- services are listed below --> * Port Jefferson Branch }} | distance = {{convert|24.8|mi|abbr=on}} from {{lirrs|Long Island City}}<ref name="ett-20120514">{{cite web | title=TIMETABLE No. 4 | author=Long Island Rail Road | date= May 14, 2012 | accessdate=August 4, 2022 | url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrhistoricaldata/LIRRTimeTable4_5-14-2012.pdf | page=III}}</ref> | owned = Long Island Rail Road | other = {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} '''Nassau Inter-County Express''': {{LI bus link|n20H|n22|n24|n48|n49|n78|n79|n80}} | platform = 2 island platforms | tracks = 3 | parking = Yes; Town of Oyster Bay permits and private parking garages | bicycle = Yes | baggage_check = | passengers = 21,924 per weekday<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf|title=2012–2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers|date=August 23, 2016|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717085537/http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf|archive-date=July 17, 2019|access-date=March 29, 2020|at=PDF pp. 15, 199}}</ref> | pass_year = 2012–14 | opened = March 1, 1837 | closed = | rebuilt = 1873, 1909, 1962, 2014–2018 | electrified = October 19, 1970<br />750 V (DC) third rail | accessible = Yes | code = HVL | zone = 7 | pass_rank = 3 out of 126 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR |line1=Port Jefferson|left1=Westbury|right1=Syosset |line2=Ronkonkoma|left2=Mineola|right2=Bethpage|to-right2=Ronkonkoma |line4=Montauk|note-mid4=limited service|left4=Mineola|right4=Babylon }} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system2 = Amtrak |line2=Northeast Regional|to-left2=Norfolk, Newport News or Christiansburg|left2=Jamaica|right2=Ronkonkoma|to-right2=Ronkonkoma}} | other_services2_header = Future services | other_services2_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR former |line=Main|left1=Westbury|right1=Grumman |line2=Wading River Branch|right2=Landia}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = {{rcr|LIRR|Port Jefferson}} | mapframe-marker = rail }}

'''Hicksville''' is a commuter rail station on the Main Line and Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located in Hicksville, New York. It is the busiest station east of Jamaica, Penn Station, and Grand Central Madison by combined weekday/weekend ridership.{{cn|date=January 2026}}

The station is located at Newbridge Road (NY 106) and West Barclay Street. It has two island platforms and three tracks. It is wheelchair accessible, with an elevator to each platform from street level. It is served by eight Nassau Inter-County Express routes and two cab services on the ground level of the station.

Beginning in approximately 2028, Hicksville will be served by Amtrak's ''Northeast Regional'' trains heading to and from Ronkonkoma.<ref name=":02" />

==History== thumb|left|206x206px|DIVIDE Interlocking tower, located just east of the station Hicksville station's first depot opened on March 1, 1837, and it served as the temporary terminus of the LIRR.<ref name="LIRR Stations">{{cite book |last1=Morrison |first1=David D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20BUDIVc-5AC&pg=PA57 |title=Long Island Rail Road Stations |last2=Pakaluk |first2=Valerie |publisher=Arcadia |year=2003 |isbn=0-7385-1180-3 |location=Chicago |page= |access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref> Both the station and the eponymous hamlet were established by Valentine Hicks – the son of an abolitionist preacher who also briefly served as President of the LIRR.<ref name="LIRR Stations" />

In 1841, the Main Line was extended east from Hicksville to Farmingdale, after a delay caused by the depression that had begun with the Panic of 1837.<ref name="LIRR Stations" />

In 1854, the station gained a line known as the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad that later became the Port Jefferson Branch of the LIRR.<ref name="LIRR Stations" /> Ten years later, on July 15, 1864, Hicksville's first depot burned down. A second depot opened in September 1873, and was moved to a private location in 1909. The third depot opened on October 30, 1909, and was razed in November 1962 as the current elevated structure was being built.<ref name="LIRR Stations" /><ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106043505/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm |date= January 6, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=NYSDOT Highway Record Plans: Beginning 1900 {{!}} State of New York |url=https://data.ny.gov/Transportation/NYSDOT-Highway-Record-Plans-Beginning-1900/6j6c-aqy9/about_data |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=data.ny.gov}}</ref> The elevated station opened on September 12, 1964.<ref name="LIRR Stations" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |title=The Watusi Opens New L.I. Station |first=Ronald |last=Maiorana |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/13/archives/the-watusi-opens-new-li-station-hicksville-youths-dance-at-railroad.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 13, 1964 |page=38 |access-date=August 8, 2011}}</ref>

In 1965, an eagle sculpture from the original Penn Station, which had recently been demolished, was moved to the Hicksville station. The sculpture was subsequently installed in the station's parking lot, where it remains standing today.<ref name="LIRR Stations" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bleyer|first=Bill|date=October 16, 2010|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/restoration-completed-on-hicksville-lirr-marble-eagle-a91539|title=Restoration completed on Hicksville LIRR eagle|website=Newsday|language=en|access-date=2019-08-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809054502/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/restoration-completed-on-hicksville-lirr-marble-eagle-1.2363127|archive-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>

In October 1970, third-rail electrification on the Main Line was extended from Mineola through Hicksville to Huntington<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Bamberger |first=Werner |date=October 20, 1970 |title=Change at Jamaica Is Only a Memory For 12,000 Riders |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/20/archives/change-at-jamaica-is-only-a-memory-for-12000-riders.html |access-date=September 17, 2009 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=88}}</ref> thereby introducing direct electric train service to Penn Station (Hicksville customers had previously been required to change trains at Jamaica).<ref name=":1" /> The first electric train to serve the Hicksville station ran on October 19th of that year.<ref name=":1" />

On October 30, 1979, the MTA took over control of the station's escalators from the Hicksville Escalator District – a special district responsible for maintaining and paying for the escalators at the station; the controversial district was dissolved upon this transfer of ownership.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 31, 1979 |title=Town Moves An Escalating Problem to MTA |work=Newsday |page=19 |id={{ProQuest|<!-- insert ProQuest data here -->}}}}</ref>

The station underwent a full renovation beginning in early 2014.<ref name="A Modern LI" /> The $121 million renovation included replacing station platforms, escalators, elevators, waiting rooms, canopies, and lighting. Security cameras were also added during the renovation.<ref name="A Modern LI" /> Construction was estimated to last through 2017, and was expected to be completed by August 2018.<ref name="A Modern LI">{{cite web | title=Hicksville Station Improvements Project | website=A Modern LI | url=http://www.amodernli.com/project/hicksville-station-improvements-project/ | language=en | access-date=2018-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=All Aboard: LIRR Revamping Hicksville Station |first=Cory |last=Twibell |url=http://www.antonnews.com/hicksvilleillustratednews/52-hicksvillenews/23104-all-aboard-lirr-revamping-hicksville-train-station-.html |newspaper=Hicksville Illustrated News |date=May 25, 2012 |access-date=December 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213023144/http://www.antonnews.com/hicksvilleillustratednews/52-hicksvillenews/23104-all-aboard-lirr-revamping-hicksville-train-station-.html |archive-date=December 13, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Castillo | first=Alfonso A. | title=LIRR: Hicksville station renovation on track | website=Newsday | date=2017-12-23 | url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-hicksville-renovation-project-1.15563928 | access-date=2018-07-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704063539/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-hicksville-renovation-project-1.15563928 |archive-date=2018-07-04}}</ref> Platform A was the first platform to be rebuilt, reopening in September 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Castillo |first=Alfonso A. | title=Hicksville LIRR platform reopens with upgrades | website=Newsday | date=2017-09-08 | url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-platform-at-hicksville-station-reopens-with-upgrades-b28984 | access-date=2018-07-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704092934/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-platform-at-hicksville-station-reopens-with-upgrades-1.14126083 |archive-date=2018-07-04}}</ref> The electrical substation at Hicksville station will be replaced as part of the Main Line third track project.<ref>{{cite web | title=Hicksville Substation Replacement | website=A Modern LI | url=http://www.amodernli.com/project/hicksville-substation-replacement/ | language=en | access-date=2018-07-04}}</ref> The rehabilitation project was officially completed in September 2018.

==Station layout== Generally, Platform A serves westbound trains and Platform B serves eastbound trains. Track 2 operates with the flow of rush hour, handling westbound trains in the morning and eastbound trains in the evening, though some westbound trains will use Platform B. Most Montauk Branch trains pass through the station without stopping. East of the station, the Port Jefferson Branch splits from the Main Line at [https://thelirrtoday.blogspot.com/2013/04/interlocking-walkthrough-divide.html DIVIDE Interlocking].

{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=5 valign=top|'''P'''<br>Platform level |style="border-top:solid 1px gray" width=100|Track '''1''' |style="border-top:solid 1px gray" width=675|← {{rcb|LIRR|Port Jefferson|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Grand Central Madison}}, {{lirrs|Long Island City}}, or {{lirrs|Penn Station}} <small>({{lirrs|Westbury}})</small><br>← {{rcb|LIRR|Ronkonkoma|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Grand Central Madison}} or {{lirrs|Penn Station}} <small>({{lirrs|Mineola}})</small> |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Platform A, island platform</small> {{access icon}} |- |Track '''2''' |← {{rcb|LIRR|Port Jefferson|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Grand Central Madison}}, {{lirrs|Long Island City}}, or {{lirrs|Penn Station}} <small>({{lirrs|Westbury}})</small><br>{{0|←}} {{rcb|LIRR|Port Jefferson|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Huntington}} or {{lirrs|Port Jefferson}} <small>({{lirrs|Syosset}})</small> →<br>← {{rcb|LIRR|Ronkonkoma|inline=yes}} AM rush hours toward {{lirrs|Grand Central Madison}} or {{lirrs|Penn Station}} <small>({{lirrs|Mineola}})</small><br>{{0|←}} {{rcb|LIRR|Ronkonkoma|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Farmingdale}} or {{lirrs|Ronkonkoma}} <small>({{lirrs|Bethpage}})</small> →<br>← {{rcb|LIRR|Montauk|inline=yes}} AM rush hours toward {{lirrs|Long Island City}} <small>({{lirrs|Mineola}})</small><br>{{0|←}} {{rcb|LIRR|Montauk|inline=yes}} PM rush hours toward {{lirrs|Patchogue}} or {{lirrs|Montauk}} <small>({{lirrs|Babylon}})</small> → |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Platform B, island platform</small> {{access icon}} |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|Track '''3''' |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|{{0|←}} {{rcb|LIRR|Port Jefferson|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Huntington}} or {{lirrs|Port Jefferson}} <small>({{lirrs|Syosset}})</small> →<br>{{0|←}} {{rcb|LIRR|Ronkonkoma|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Farmingdale}} or {{lirrs|Ronkonkoma}} <small>({{lirrs|Bethpage}})</small> →<br>{{0|←}} {{rcb|LIRR|Montauk|inline=yes}} PM rush hours toward {{lirrs|Patchogue}} or {{lirrs|Montauk}} <small>({{lirrs|Babylon}})</small> → |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|'''G''' |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|Ground level |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|Exit/entrance, parking, buses |}

== Future == In January 2025, it was officially announced that a new Long Island branch of Amtrak's ''Northeast Regional'', running east to Ronkonkoma via the LIRR's Main Line, would serve the Hicksville station, with an intermediate stop at Jamaica east of Penn Station.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Crawford |first=Logan |date=2025-01-10 |title=Suffolk County executive: Amtrak coming to Ronkonkoma LIRR station |url=https://longisland.news12.com/suffolk-county-executive-amtrak-coming-to-ronkonkoma-lirr-station |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=News 12 Long Island}}</ref> The year prior, Amtrak conducted a study of the new service through a $500 million federal grant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mongelli |first=Lorena |date=2024-01-05 |title=Amtrak from Ronkonkoma to D.C.? Feds fund $500G for study |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/amtrak-ronkonkoma-lirr-vl1a0v3k |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Newsday |language=en}}</ref> As of January 2025, Amtrak service is anticipated to begin in 2028.<ref name=":02" />

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons and category|Hicksville (LIRR station)}} {{LIRR links}} * Steve Lynch's LIRR Maps, Photos, Charts, etc. (TrainsAreFun.com) ** [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/hicksville/hicksville.htm Hicksville Station History] ** 1962 Reconstruction Pamphlet; [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrpaper/HicksvilleStationDemo1962.jpg Pages 1], [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrpaper/HicksvilleStationDemo1962-2.jpg 2, 3], [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrpaper/HicksvilleStationDemo1962-3.jpg and 4] * [https://thelirrtoday.blogspot.com/2013/04/interlocking-walkthrough-divide.html DIVIDE Interlocking (The LIRR Today)] * [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.767322,-73.527428&spn=0.004047,0.013433&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.767471,-73.52746&panoid=wnb_CFOiGwqWrbHvIioqeg&cbp=12,249.76,,0,-3.12 Newbridge Road entrance from Google Maps Street View] * [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hicksville/@40.767159,-73.5285293,3a,90y,80.27h,88.79t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s--OJKW_mfZvE%2FWKEOFlz_X4I%2FAAAAAAAAiDE%2Fuo60yeYFCSk6pzV6SuMzFKeK_0s3grNGgCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F--OJKW_mfZvE%2FWKEOFlz_X4I%2FAAAAAAAAiDE%2Fuo60yeYFCSk6pzV6SuMzFKeK_0s3grNGgCLIB%2Fw234-h106-k-no-pi-0-ya269-ro0-fo100%2F!7i9728!8i4864!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c280e23f7a5b73:0xc92dd741e102bd54!8m2!3d40.7671699!4d-73.5285303!6m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View] {{LIRR stations navbox}}{{Amtrak New York stations}} Category:Hicksville, New York Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1837 Category:Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York Category:Main Line (Long Island Rail Road) Stations Category:Oyster Bay, New York Category:1837 establishments in New York (state) Category:Future Amtrak stations in the United States